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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!news.eli.net!news From: blitz@axxis.com (Q. Wade Billings) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Upgrade of FreeBSd install Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 23:45:49 GMT Organization: AXXIS Internet Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3337111f.284718303@news.axxis.com> Reply-To: blitz@axxis.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.173.153.162 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38083 I need to know if upgrading to a newer version of FreeBSd is non-destructive. I am looking at upgrading an install of 2.1.5 to 2.2 on a UNIX box that is serving as a Web server for my ISP. I have extensive experience with LINUX and BSD, but as far as FreeBSd is concerned, I am little leary of it. If I choose to upgrade, I want to make sure that the user and mail directories as well as all the configuration files reamin intact. Will the install just overwrite the binaries, and leave the .conf files alone? Please respond to me directly at blitz@axxis.com, or this newsgroup. Thanks in advance for your help. Q. Wade Billings AXXIS Internet Services Systems Administrator Technical Support Manager