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From: dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov (Dave Cottingham)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: How to upgrade FreeBSD w/o repartitioning?
Date: 21 Aug 1994 23:58:51 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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I am attempting to get with the program and upgrade from FreeBSD 1.0.2
to 1.1.5.1.  But I am stuck.  What I want is to get all the new
binaries on the disk without disturbing the other contents.  But the
installation scripts appear to insist on running newfs on all your
file systems.  Can't find this answer in any of the installation notes
or FAQs.  I must be missing something.

Any help gratefully received.

 - Dave Cottingham
   dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov