Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:50:46 -0500 From: Michael Silver <msilver@xpresssoftware.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Will reinstall erase existing data? Message-ID: <7CBAE35D363AD411B0B00008C7B14CC26400C1@ns2.xpresssoftware.com>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1630E.7F946C50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have a system that has pseudo crashed. I can login via the terminal, but my userland and kernel do not match due to a compile error. What I would like to do is re-install the latest version on top of what I have by booting with a floppy or CD. I have data in my /usr dir that I would prefer not to lose, but everything else I don't care about. Is this possible if I don't change the existing partitions and slices, i.e. will my data in /usr still be there after the install? ...Thanks... ...Michael... P.S. Please copy my return email address as I am not receiving list messages while my FreeBSD machine is down. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1630E.7F946C50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>Will reinstall erase existing data?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I have a system that has pseudo crashed. I can = login via the terminal, but my userland and kernel do not match due to = a compile error. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>What I would like to do is re-install the latest = version on top of what I have by booting with a floppy or CD. I = have data in my /usr dir that I would prefer not to lose, but = everything else I don't care about.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Is this possible if I don't change the existing = partitions and slices, i.e. will my data in /usr still be there after = the install?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>...Thanks...</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>...Michael...</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>P.S. Please copy my return email address as I = am not receiving list messages while my FreeBSD machine is down.</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1630E.7F946C50-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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