Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 19:58:44 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Turrin <mlt@linkzone.com> To: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> Cc: Richard Balue <balue@olympus.apolloi.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing . . . Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980104195628.9793P-100000@argon.linkzone.com> In-Reply-To: <199801050319.WAA12282@current.willscreek.com>
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Is there a FAQ somwhere that walks you through the upgrade process. I tried to do it but ended up just reformatting and starting fresh. On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Brian Clapper wrote: > On 4 January, 1998, at 17:00 (GMT) > Richard Balue <balue@olympus.apolloi.com> wrote: > > > HI, > > I am not clear about one thing in term of upgrading or > > installing an newer version. Is it possible to keep all > > current information on the drive in an upgrade? Or is > > upgrading going to repartition the drives (basically reformatting)? > > > > I have version 2.1.x and need to upgrade to 3.0 snapshot, what > > is the best way to get there? > > Don't know about 3.0, but I've upgraded from 2.0.5 to 2.1.5 to 2.1.7 to > 2.2.2 to 2.2.5--and not lost a single piece of my own data. When you > upgrade, you are thrown into the partition editor, but you merely need to > mount the existing file systems; you don't need (nor should you > necessarily) repartition anything. > > I'm assuming (without bothering to investigate) that 3.0 uses the same or > similar upgrade procedures. If so, you should be safe. > > Of course, backing up what you value most deeply is always wise before > upgrading, since anything can happen. > > Also, you'll probably want to print out two pieces of information before > you begin. > > 1. Your current hardware configuration (the kernel config file should be > sufficient, or the output of dmesg(8) may do as well). If you have > anything installed in a place the generic kernel won't find it, you'll > need to adjust the kernel's configuration when you boot off the > installation floppy. Having the current configuration of your hardware > in front of you helps. > > 2. /etc/fstab, so you don't have to remember which slice maps to which file > system. > > I invariably forget to print them out, and then have to reboot and go get > them (while swearing at myself) as soon as I get to the partition editor > during the upgrade. > ----- > Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ > A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, > but together can decide that nothing can be done. > -- Fred Allen > ___________________________________________________________________ Mark L. Turrin Save the whales...collect the whole set. mlt@linkzone.com
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