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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrade to 2.1.5?
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Date: 19 Dec 1996 13:45:21 GMT
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mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Christoph L Mikkelson) wrote:

> I just received the FreeBSD 2.1.5 release from Walnut Creek, and I
> am running 2.0.5.  I couldn't find anything in the documentation
> about upgrading.  Is this because upgrading is impossible or because
> it is trivial?

Neither. :)

There's an upgrade option in the boot menu, simply boot the
installation floppy.  The upgrade is still not at the point where we'd
like to see it though, it doesn't hand-hold you all the time.  So you
should already be a little familiar with your system.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j