[TOP POSTING REARRANGED] On Oct 9, 2004 at 09:35, Wayne Spivak in a soothing rage wrote: then I wrote... >On Oct 9, 2004 at 08:55, Wayne Spivak in a soothing rage wrote: > >>I'm sure this question has been answered, by I haven't found it in the >>archives (yes I looked). >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com and http://news.gmane.org are great >places to start searching from. Not sure what you used. > >>I've been out of the loop, and found that Core 1 is now Core 3. >No FC1 is still FC1 and GC3 is still a short while away. > >>How do I (or what is the best way) to update Core 1 to at least Core 2. >>I've done nothing special to this box, with the exception of adding >>Mailman. >Backup. Backup. Backup. All the stuff you think you need and do not >need backup. Then do an install leaving your /home partition alone. Restore >the stuff you need Adjust your conf. files as necessary. This >is what I use and it works for me. YMMV >Thank you. > >Here's the real question -- is it absolutely necessary (system works like a >charm)? > >Went for years w/o upgrading FREEBSD until it was time for a new system >(hardware), then bit the bullet.. It is kinda like the move from FBSD4.x to FBSD5. There are major changes between FC1 & FC2. With an upgrade you _may_ have problems that depending on your Linux expertise, you can recover from. For me I always have 2 installs on one machine that I can switch between. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 "Your butt is mine." -- Michael Jackson, Bad 16:03:28 up 103 days, 9:18, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
