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Date:      Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:01:26 -0700
From:      Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
To:        Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us>
Cc:        "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, FreeBSD Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 2.2.8 -> 4.3 upgrade
Message-ID:  <3B968496.4EBEED4@tenebras.com>
References:  <Pine.A41.4.21.0109051547110.23654-100000@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us>

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Darren Henderson wrote:

> 1 backup the box
> 2 verify backups
> 3 wipe the box
> 4 do a clean install
> 5 cvsup to the latest

if you'd really like to save yourself some grief:

  5 cvsup to RELENG_4_3

> 6 configure kernel

> 7 installkernel
> 8 installworld

reverse the order of the last two, in general:

setenv KERNCONF MYKERNEL
make world && make kernel && reboot

> 9 reinstall any ports/packages/custom software
> A reinstall data/user files from the backup
> 
> This will end up being much simpler in the long run. The only real pain is
> if you have a lot of users and need to deal with the changed passwords etc
> and you can probably get around that with a few judicious restorations of
> password files between 4 and 5.

and check login.conf for 'passwd_format'

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