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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrading from 2.0R Date: 17 Jul 1995 17:59:56 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3ue8es$i9@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3udhte$m29@buffnet2.buffnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3udhte$m29@buffnet2.buffnet.net>, Superuser <root@buffnet.net> wrote: >I never got a response to the question of how one can upgrade from 2.0R >to 2.0.5R without trashing everything. > >Does this mean it isnt doable? No, it's not. At least not easily. You've got a new "slice" paradigm that really would like you to reinstall a new MBR or otherwise whine at your old one forever more (and no longer mount your DOS partitions with the old /dev names), you've got changes in /etc (see /etc/sysinstall in 2.0.5) that aren't copied by a `make world', you might as well face it. It's easier to back up your config and user files and reinstall from scratch, like we always ask you to do.. :-( Jordan