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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:28:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Angelo Turetta <ATuretta@stylo.it>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to upgrade In-Place
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960724212620.226F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <c=IT%a=_%p=stylo%l=STYLOSERVER960724204215TR004E00@styloserver.stylo.it>

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On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Angelo Turetta wrote:

> Where can I found documentation on the correct approach to upgrading the
> system in-place ?

The upgrade procedure I used was to backup /etc, download the boot floppy,
boot with it, select the 'upgrade' option, mount all the filesystems with
no newfs, select a local machine for an ftp install, modify/recopy /etc
files as needed.

You can try the sup-stable / make world approach but that is much more
painful than just upgrading to the -RELEASE, unless you're familiar with
that system.

If you are on a 2.2-SNAP or -current I wouldn't do this though.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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