From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 1 7:40:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2519F3DFD for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:40:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org id 12FfPx-000EnN-00; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:40:37 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA05058 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:40:33 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:40:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: backup/restore methods for /usr/src Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm hoping to eliminate my HD partition and re-install FreeBSD from scratch. Now, i know i need to backup /etc and /home, as well as any other changes/config files i have. Here is my question: i have the 3.2 CDrom, and i want to run -stable. I would like to avoid cvsupping from 3.2 if possible. Can i simply archive all of /usr/src and then restore it and buildworld to restore my system to what it is now? Are there any missing links or steps i need to do first to make this work? It would save me a lot of trouble. -=> jm <=- "Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message