[compiling installing FreeBSD]

2009-04-27 Thread alligator424
dear freeBSD's gurus, question is: does make installworld do any backup of the files it touch? is any way to failback that installworld? I think I have read that make installkernel do a backup of the kernel in kernel.old but for the world I would like to know. Regards

Re: [compiling installing FreeBSD]

2009-04-27 Thread John Nielsen
On Monday 27 April 2009 11:42:15 am alligator...@free.fr wrote: does make installworld do any backup of the files it touch? is any way to failback that installworld? No. Restore from (your own) backups, installation media, or rebuild the world you need from appropriately-dated sources. I

[compiling installing FreeBSD]

2009-04-27 Thread Robert Huff
alligator...@free.fr writes: does make installworld do any backup of the files it touch? is any way to failback that installworld? Have you read the section of the handbook which explains the accepted procedure for updating the system? Robert Huff