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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!polo.iquest.com!vespucci.iquest.com!dougal From: dougal@iquest.com (Dougal Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrade 2.0 to 2.0.5 Date: 21 Nov 1995 23:13:05 GMT Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <48tme1$3l7@polo.iquest.com> References: <48ot3s$1ok@central.co.nz> <48reaa$k81@times.tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote: > In article <48ot3s$1ok@central.co.nz>, Jane <jane@paradigm.co.nz> wrote: > >I am looking for a patch to upgrade BSD 2.0 to 2.0.5. > > > > > There is an upgrade to 2.1 from 2.0.5 > (so it says) > however I'm pretty sure it woruld work from 2.0 just as well.. > julian (who was the tester for that upgrade function) The documentation I read recently strongly recommended against trying to use 2.1's upgrade feature from a 2.0 system. The reason is that 2.0.5 and 2.1 use a newer "slice" model for hard disk partitioning which is not compatible with 2.0's partitioning scheme. The recommended path from 2.0 to 2.1 is to backup your essential files (/etc, /usr/local, and so forth), install 2.1 from scratch, then carefully restore appropriate files from your backup. Upgrading from 2.0.5 to 2.1 works pretty smoothly though. -- Dougal Campbell | "Quick to judge, quick to anger. | Rush System Administrator | Slow to understand. | "Witch Hunt" interQuest / Hsv, AL | Ignorance and predjudice | Moving Pictures dougal@iquest.com | And fear go hand in hand." | 1981