[src/netbsd-2-0]: src/distrib/notes/common Pull up revision 1.21 (requested b...

[he <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/7bacac894e0c
branches:  netbsd-2-0
changeset: 561395:7bacac894e0c
user:      he <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Jun 15 22:45:46 2004 +0000

description:
Pull up revision 1.21 (requested by mbw in ticket #479):
  Add sparc64 tag.  Also describe that sysinst now tries to
  merge /etc, not move to /etc.old.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/upgrade |  15 ++++++---------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diffs (37 lines):

diff -r 04bf76fb5626 -r 7bacac894e0c distrib/notes/common/upgrade
--- a/distrib/notes/common/upgrade      Tue Jun 15 22:42:09 2004 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/upgrade      Tue Jun 15 22:45:46 2004 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.20 2002/07/22 14:16:29 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.20.2.1 2004/06/15 22:45:46 he Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 section.
 .\}
 .el \{\
-.ie \n[mac68k]:\n[macppc]:\n[sparc] \{\
+.ie \n[mac68k]:\n[macppc]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64] \{\
 To do the upgrade, you must boot from the installer kernel using one of
 the methods described above.
 .\}
@@ -110,14 +110,11 @@
 The upgrade procedure using the
 .Ic sysinst
 tool is similar to an installation, but without the hard disk partitioning.
-The original
+.Ic sysinst
+will attempt to merge the settings stored in your
 .Pa /etc
-directory is renamed to
-.Pa /etc.old ,
-and no attempt is made to merge any of the previous configuration into
-the new system except that the previous
-.Pa /etc/fstab
-file is copied into the new configuration.
+directory with the new version of
+.Nx .
 Getting the binary
 sets is done in the same manner as the installation procedure;
 refer to the installation part of the document