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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading 2.1.0 to 2.1.7 - how to?
Date: 2 Mar 1997 10:30:06 GMT
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dhawk@best.com (David Hawkins) wrote:

> Got a headache and not feeling too bright today, so thought I'd ask:
> how do I upgrade a 2.1.0 box that's on the Internet to 2.1.7?
> Do I just replace the kernel or do I need to do all of usr.bin as
> well?

You gotta replace all of them.  It's probably the simplest way to just
use the upgrade option of sysinstall -- but make sure you've got
proper backups in place, in particular of your /etc directory.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)