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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: upgrade question 2.1 to 2.1.5 Date: 27 Aug 1996 17:36:22 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4vv866$mf@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4vs6b7$1hb@ruby.mint.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Darren Henderson (darren@somtel.com) wrote: : I haven't dug around on the cd a lot yet but if anyone else has any tips : on doing the upgrade I'd be most anxious to hear them before I consider : going forward with it. Save a copy of /etc, create the boot & fixit floppies and boot the first. There's an upgrade option that makes an attempt to merge /etc.... some of it you'll have to do manually. Of course, if you've made alteratons to /usr/src or /usr/share etc. you'll have to save them too ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....