> > > Don't do it! Seriously, the upgrade process is easy, and is worth > > > becoming familiar with. At least give it a shot since you're > > > planning on reinstalling anyway. I think you'll be pleasantly > > > surprised! > > > > Just out of curiosity, do you think the easiest method is to use the > > bds.rd method or should I use a CD to do the upgrade, is one method > > preferred or easier over the other? > > I always (well almost, I have some systems where I do the tar thing) use > bsd.rd and it has worked perfect for me every time so far! I don't know > if it's the official preferred way but it's the way I prefer!:-)
I use installation scripts and test from scratch on a seperate system first. I guess it is a little more work especially initially but it is self documenting to a large degree and as I say makes it easy to conduct quick tests. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) _______________________________________________________________________
