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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!col.hp.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!aak2 From: aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 upgrade path from 2.0.5 Date: 6 Oct 1995 02:05:48 -0500 Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 27 Message-ID: <aak2.812963105@Ra.MsState.Edu> References: <ckQ_zVG00YUw4iJ1ti@andrew.cmu.edu> <DFw9DA.F5@yedi.iaf.nl> <JKH.95Oct4204634@time.cdrom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >Actually, I am putting an "Upgrade" option in the 2.1 install. I >finally got sick enough of the problem to do something about it >personally. It should be out in the snapshot-after-next for testing. >I'm willing to entertain suggestions about what kinds of things those >of you contemplating an upgrade from 2.0.x to 2.1 would like to see - >it's not too late! I've only just started the implementation phase. >So far, it will basically mount up all your former partitions, copy >your /etc someplace, extract the selected dists over the top and then >resurrect old /etc into new as best possible using some very simple >heuristics for deciding when to copy old back over new. Finally, it >dumps you into a shell on the new system and lets you poke around >and/or adjust stuff as you see fit before rebooting. That's all it >does, that's the "upgrade." Anyone feeling strongly that it should be >more is definitely encouraged to contact me ASAP. Roughly when will the 2.1 be made available ? Thanks. Atif Khan aak2@ra.msstate.edu