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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 --> 2.x Date: 10 Jan 1995 00:41:18 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3esl3e$omh@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <porter-090195140319@elshop.chem.wisc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <porter-090195140319@elshop.chem.wisc.edu>, Ron Porter <porter@chem.wisc.edu> wrote: >Hello, > I am wondering what the best(easyist) way is to go from FreeBSD1.1.5.1 >to 2.x(I will most likeiy wait until 2.1). Do i just compile a new >kernal and use the old filesystem, or do i have to wipe out the >1.1.5.1 and do a fresh install on the partition? And if i did update >to 2.0 now, how are the updates to 2.x handled later? Is it just >a kernal recompile, or is there more to it? It's kinda a whole new install, really. You can upgrade in place with some skill and a little luck, and I know a number of people who have done this (including myself), but it's definitely not the recommended procedure. So much has changed (and our upgrade procedures are so non-existent! :-) that it's really just better if you back up your user data and reinstall the system from scratch. Jordan