Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:17:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: matt <matt@ccia.cc> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A stupid question? Maybe.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171216300.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905131450580.8876-100000@ns-1.ccia.cc>
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, matt wrote: > > Ok, lets say when the next FreeBSD-R comes out, I'll want to upgrade > (which I will, I've fallen in love with FreeBSD, It's far better than > Linux or OpenBSD *IN MY OPINION*) anyhow.. I have a "partition/slice" > on /dev/wd0s1g.. I'm a tad unfamiliar with how slices work.. My question > is that if I reinstall/update a new FreeBSD release. Can I leave that > slice wd0s1g untouched, yet still usable? It is a file storage slice, that > I really don't have the drive space anymore to backup onto another drive.. The upgrade just overlays the existing install. You don't even have to mount them during the install if there's no system data there. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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