Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:08:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: "Jacob J. Pinsky" <jpinsky@radonc.som.sunysb.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading a currently running FreeBSD machine Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970624100444.10144C-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <BE6C0B13541@radonc-1.som.sunysb.edu>
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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Jacob J. Pinsky wrote: > am not sure of the procedure for doing this. How do I actually do > the upgrade once I have the software in hand? I want to preserve all > user accounts and data. Thanks. Naturally you'll make a backup of your system before you start the upgrade. But, it should be a snap. Just choose Upgrade from the installation menus. It puts the new files destined for /etc into a subdirectory of /etc, leaving your current data untouched. The hardest part will be reconciling the entries in your /etc/sysconfig with the new rc.conf file (and that is not very difficult either). Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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