From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 22 14:48:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA02284 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:48:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA02269 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:48:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksmm@threespace.com) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (ksmm@shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA29880 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:47:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (ksmm@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA09097 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:47:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: shell1.cybercom.net: ksmm owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:47:49 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive X-Sender: ksmm@shell1.cybercom.net cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: One last thing on upgrading... In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980722132254.0081b2b0@mx.serv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have seen instances where it's possible for the kernel to get out of sync with certain commands/utilities that are sensitive to kernel changes, like ps and df. More cautions for the upgrading newbie... K.S. On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote: : 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 : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message