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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!exp2.wam.umd.edu!garyj From: Gary Jackson <garyj@wam.umd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 upgrade path from 2.0.5 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:19:04 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 38 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951006161627.29269A-100000@exp2.wam.umd.edu> References: <ckQ_zVG00YUw4iJ1ti@andrew.cmu.edu> <DFw9DA.F5@yedi.iaf.nl> <JKH.95Oct4204634@time.cdrom.com> <aak2.812963105@Ra.MsState.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: exp2.wam.umd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <aak2.812963105@Ra.MsState.Edu> On 6 Oct 1995, Atif Ahmad Khan wrote: > jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: > > >Actually, I am putting an "Upgrade" option in the 2.1 install. I > >finally got sick enough of the problem to do something about it > >personally. It should be out in the snapshot-after-next for testing. > > >I'm willing to entertain suggestions about what kinds of things those > >of you contemplating an upgrade from 2.0.x to 2.1 would like to see - > >it's not too late! I've only just started the implementation phase. > > >So far, it will basically mount up all your former partitions, copy > >your /etc someplace, extract the selected dists over the top and then > >resurrect old /etc into new as best possible using some very simple > >heuristics for deciding when to copy old back over new. Finally, it > >dumps you into a shell on the new system and lets you poke around > >and/or adjust stuff as you see fit before rebooting. That's all it > >does, that's the "upgrade." Anyone feeling strongly that it should be > >more is definitely encouraged to contact me ASAP. > > > Roughly when will the 2.1 be made available ? Will it recompile the old kernel? Or is that something we're supposed to take care of when it dumps us to a shell? Or do we wait untill it comes back up? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Gary L. Jackson II | "Will you walk a little faster?" | | garyj@wam.umd.edu | said a whiting to a snail, | | garyj@kzin.dorm.umd.edu | "There's a porpoise close behind us | | (301) 314-2536 | and he's treading on my tail" | --------------------------------| -Lewis Carroll, Alice's | | FreeBSD Forever | Adventures in Wonderland | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------