From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 22 13:26:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17904 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:26:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17871 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:26:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup411.serv.net [207.207.70.12]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA26487; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:23:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980722132254.0081b2b0@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:22:54 -0700 To: Sue Blake , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: One last thing on upgrading... In-Reply-To: <19980723032132.08184@welearn.com.au> References: <3.0.5.32.19980722042047.0081abb0@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980722042047.0081abb0@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:21 AM 7/23/98 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >Many of you might not realise that "upgrading" FreeBSD is not at all >like "upgrading" Windows, for example. If you don't follow the correct >advice and proceed with great care YOU CAN EASILY KILL YOUR SYSTEM. One more thing I'd like to point out. The "Upgrade an existing system" option in sysinstall has never "killed my system" completely as far as destroying all files on the system, clearing the partition/slices or anything (I've used it many times) - however, it's **NOTORIOUS for frying the contents of /etc**, which contains all your most important configuration files. If anyone chooses to use it, BACK UP /ETC, INCLUDING SUBDIRECTORIES OF /ETC, first. Then, *make sure* to go through the "post install configuration" after the upgrade, as usually the "upgrade existing system" clears the root password as well as some of the other configurations you had previously set up. But afaik it won't literally KILL the system. Sue is right though, you need to proceed with CAUTION! MAKE BACKUPS!!!!! That's the last I'll say on this, since I don't know if Sue considers this a "questionary" type post or not. -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message