by Jeff Deakl » Thu, 10 Dec 1998 04:00:00
by Steven G. Kar » Thu, 10 Dec 1998 04:00:00
Yes. It depends.Quote:> If I upgrade FBSD should I copy my .conf file to tape or flopy before
> upgrading? Does the upgrade rewrite the .conf files?
Yes, back up your /etc directory to floppy. This is good for
security reasons as well asi a safety net in case of a hardware
failure.
If you use a standard method to upgrade your system, then
the files in /etc will not be touched. If you do anything
in a haphazard manner, then you could toast those files.
You will want to merge changes in /usr/src/etc into /etc.
--
Steve
1. Upgrading FBSD 2.1.5 to 3.1 with no working floppy disk drive
I'm trying to upgrade my FBSD box and it doesn't have a working floppy disk
drive. Some where down the line in headed south on me. I have the
distribution files available on the my network via ftp so that is not a
problem, but how can I get the system booted up with the 3.1 kernel(the one
that would otherwise go on the floppy disk) so I can do the install. I
tried to copy the boot.flp to the "/" and specify it on a reboot but it
complains of an invalid something or another. I also tried to "dd
if=/boot.flp of=/kernel.31", but I got the same non-results.
I'm thinking that the boot up process has changed from 2.1.5 to 3.1 so it
won't allow me to boot the boot.flp(v3.1) kernel on a 2.1.5 box. Does that
sound accurate?
thanks
Brian
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