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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrade question..
Date: 26 Mar 1997 16:16:08 GMT
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In article <97084.1326593CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>,
ishwar rattan <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> writes:
> Hello
>
> I am running FreeBSD-2.1.5
>
> I would like to upgrade to 2.1.7 or higher (any suggestions?).
> Is there a way to do it without complete reinstallation? I have
> about 50 students using it for course work now.
>
> Thanks for your attention.
>
> Ishwar Rattan
If you select the "upgrade" option in sysinstall, it'll overwrite
your machine with the new binaries etc, but will "merge" the /etc
directory. Anything it can't do fairly easily, it'll ask you to
do them manually. It takes a copy of /etc for you.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !