Re: upgrading without boot media

["David H. Gutteridge" <dhgutteridge%sympatico.ca@localhost>]

Hello,

I'm largely repeating what someone else has already posted, but the
links I've appended are earlier discussions that cover off the process,
including the correct flags to pass to ensure permissions are reflected
correctly (see the second post for an amendment to the first post on
this).

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2008/03/04/msg000089.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2008/03/04/msg000090.html

If you're upgrading rather than reinstalling, I don't think existing
users and groups should normally be affected (they never have been for
me), as long as you make sure your relevant settings aren't wiped.
(Though there may be exceptions I don't know of.)

Regards,

Dave