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Date:      Sat, 9 Sep 1995 17:23:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        Neil Harmon <neil@harmon.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade question
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.950909172055.2509A-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199509091816.OAA14278@hti.harmon.com>

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On Sat, 9 Sep 1995, Neil Harmon wrote:

> I'm very happlily using FreeBSD 2.0 and am now planning on upgrading to 2.0.5.
> 
> I have the Walnut Vreek CDs so access to the code is no issue.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out the best way to upgrade my system while keeping my
> configuration.  My system is my Internet gateway so I want to avoid having
> to re-install ppp scripts, inittab stuff, etc.
> 
> I've heard that there was a discussion about upgrade on usenet but my feed
> apparently expired it before I got to them.

Unfortunately, because changes were made to the partitioning of the disk, 
there isn't and never has been any upgrade path like what you want, from 
2.0.  Your only option _really is_ backup your key files and reinstall.

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