From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 29 21:44:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB4CD16A401 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:44:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.239]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2FC13C48D for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:44:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 71so1063466wri for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:44:45 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=t9Rpywt32/oubvBDIdllZjFtc/wFdraHEYMn6QRbVeoStMdDFy01zLo110l/KYw+zJktpdkV0DM5YJ/wI5/6ah4Z6rZLZh6qhz64jUoMwSg+SCZIhoeCkA32FfvGHxliAHr8uezMEr36EBdjoJUtL5Kbgvi+sZlsyIq32UjjyHs= Received: by 10.82.153.5 with SMTP id a5mr4110221bue.1170107084079; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:44:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.175.3 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:44:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <539c60b90701291344i3e927ea3l5829c5ba2c7e019a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:44:43 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "FreeBSD Users Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: 55bb2562ff2caf86 Subject: 6.2: "upgrade", or just "install" and restore rc.conf? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:44:45 -0000 Presuming you have a 1 or 2 user system, and haven't done alot of mods, is there any reason to "upgrade" to 6.2 as opposed to just "install" it? Of the maybe 10 files I've modified, I have backed them up elsewhere, and it's fresh in my mind still. The only issues I can think of are (1) users/groups (of which I again have a whopping 2), and (2) installed packages - this could be a problem, as I have no idea how we (the os) "know" what's installed, and that info may or may not be deleted on a new install. (3) sysinstall/label doesn't seem happy about putting things on an existing slice(s) - when I fubared my 6.1 install it complained about insufficient space until I deleted all slices on the disk. Anyone care to comment on pros/cons of install vs. upgrade? Seems this is a relevant time for the discussion. Steve