Re: Upgrading without sysinst and installation media (was: how to upgrade from NetBSD 3.1 to 4 ?)

"Jeremy C. Reed" <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:40:49 -0600 (CST)

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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Mark Weinem wrote:

> 5) Install the sets *except* etc.tzg and xetc.tgz!!
> 
>    # cd /
>    # pax -zrf /some/where/set.tgz

Maybe add -pe

So you don't lose special modes, ownerships.