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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!uct.uni.net.za!csir.uni.net.za!wits.uni.net.za!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "Alan W. Trulock" <FredI@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrade question.. Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 23:27:37 -0500 Organization: ...ought never be organized... Lines: 34 Message-ID: <333B48B9.2781E494@worldnet.att.net> References: <97084.1326593CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> <5hbi48$g0@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.116.64.151 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37992 Try as I might, I could not get the "upgrade" installation to work! I upgraded my system from 2.1.7 to 2.2 by FTPing the sources and compiling the system and the kernel. Just got done about 15 minutes ago and so far all is well. I even got my IDE CDROM working on the second interface. :) --Al Brian Somers wrote: > > 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 !