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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:03:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrade question (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411000220.28437q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411122513.27156W-100000@itw.itworks.com.au>

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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Gavin Cameron wrote:

> I've got three servers servicing around 800 users which I need to upgrade
> to -stable over the easter break.

ok.

> Email, WWW server, squid proxy, router running ip-filter, majordomo
> Machine is running 2.1.6-RELEASE
> 
> Can I upgrade the machine by doing a make world of stable and compiling a
> new kernel?

I always felt that the `make world' upgrade path was the hard way.  I
always use the boot floppy -> select `upgrade' method but that's me.

> For the 2 2.2.1-RELEASE boxes I should just be able to make world and
> compile a new kernel, shouldn't I?

No known problems, but watch that the new login class limits in
/etc/login.conf don't start biting larger jobs.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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