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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-GAMMA to 2.2-RELEASE
Date: 18 Mar 1997 15:39:14 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <332DBE3C.4B88@worldnet.att.net>,
vijay konkimalla <vjmrudula@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> hi,
>
> I have 2.2-GAMMA (090325) up and running. And have downloaded the
> ssys.?? and bin distributions of the 2.2-RELEASE.
>
> here are my options to upgrade
>
> 1. Use the upgrade option
> I understand that the upgrade option is not exhaustive. But would it
> work from GAMMA->RELEASE ?
>
> 2. Simply extract the bin distribution and build a new kernel. (Of
> course preserve the /etc)
>
> What is the best method. ( I don't want to download X86/X11 distribution
> again.)
Option 1 is probably best. It will ask you to manually merge any files
from /etc that it can't, and will make a backup copy of /etc just in
case.
If you have /usr/src, you ought to move or remove it so that you don't
get any archaic files lying around.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !