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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!tk2x+ From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: upgrading from 1.1G to 1.1R Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:09:16 -0400 Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <UhzT9Au00WB_0smG5L@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <khzGRmu00WB80o9kg=@andrew.cmu.edu> <CrDvpq.9w0@hippo.ru.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <CrDvpq.9w0@hippo.ru.ac.za> csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet) writes: > A source upgrade is generally not that difficult, thanks to the upgrade > script, which I think Nate started developing. well i tried the patch, but it was choking when it couldn't find files -- obviously a lot since i only have src/sys installed. i couldn't figure out how to get it to ignore files that weren't there. > THE ABOVE MUST BE DONE WITH UTMOST CARE THOUGH, AS YOU CAN TRASH YOUR > SYSTEM TOTALLY IF IT IS NOT DONE CAREFULLY. i know -- i've tried this before and trashed my system. unfortunately, my tape backup also had errors -- a really sucky combination.