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From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading 2.1R -> 2.1.5R
Date: 26 Jul 1996 23:31:02 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD Box
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In article <AE3etkrmjF@qsar.chem.msu.su>,
Eugene Radchenko <eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su> wrote:
>
>I am considering switching to the 2.1.5 version. However, as I am
>relatively new to FreeBSD, I wonder what exactly is involved in the switch?

Make the boot floppy, boot and select the upgrade option.  (First
make a backup of the files in /etc, as I've heard reports that
sysconfig didn't get updated correctly).

>I suppose you can't just run SETUP and be done as in Windows?

No, but you don't have to read all those "now would be a really
good time to fill in your registration card" popups...

>Should I copy /usr and 'make; make install' everything or what?

Not unless you have a lot of bandwidth and a *lot* of spare time :-)

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/