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Re: Upgrade function at boot install from cd (3.0 to 3.1)



thx, miod and ben

sorry 4 my questions.
I´m doing now my homework. 


Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miod Vallat [mailto:miod@online.fr]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:19 PM
> To: Horna, Thomas
> Cc: 'misc@openbsd.org'
> Subject: Re: Upgrade function at boot install from cd (3.0 to 3.1)
> 
> 
> > I´ve read Upgrade Mini Faq. Nice Doc.
> > But one Question (i386): If i take my present 
> > 3.0 machine, put 3.1 boot disc into it and choose
> > (U)pgrade, is that really upgrade procedure?
> 
> No, this is called "upgrade", but all it does is format your disks and
> spread your credit card number on the internet.
> 
> Actually, this is scarcely known, but in the same directory where you
> would fetch the boot floppy image, there is a file named INSTALL.i386
> that attempts to document what the boot floppy does and how to use it.
> 
> Perhaps you should start by reading it, instead of the 
> upgrade mini-faq?
> 
> Miod