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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!mr.net!news-out.communique.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Upgrading 2.1.0 to 2.1.7 - how to? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 18 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E6HHI4.BqM@nonexistent.com> References: <5elbnc$l89@shellx.best.com> <5fbkre$9mf@uriah.heep.sax.de> X-Trace: 857419995/10024 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 20:13:16 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36484 J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : 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. Where would I put the backups?? My 2.1 kernel was recompiled for long user IDs,can the affected files be patched back in to 2.1.7 or must the process be repeated? (What improvements can be expected as a result of this upgrade?)