From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 11 01:14:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09834 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:14:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA09829 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:14:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA01588; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:14:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:14:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Shawn Ramsey cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > I have seen someone posting the instructions for upgrading to a new > version of FreeBSD w/o completly wiping out the old one. Could someone > repost this? (even though I would like to fix the boot manager one day.. > have to boot from floppy..) I think you want this... FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist: 1) BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC. IT __WILL__ BE MODIFIED!!! 2) Boot the new floppy. Select the 'update' option. Follow the prompts. Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them. Select the same distributions you did originally and any you wish to add. 3) Hit 'commit'. Take note of the modified files. 4) WHen you're dumped to a shell prompt: . Copy services back from your backup /etc. It's three lines long now :( . Edit sysconfig and re-config from scratch using your old one as a guide. . Migrate any changes you made to rc.local and other files noted during the upgrade process. 5) Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major