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winstonsmith
Mar 23, 2020Aspirant
what? accidental apt-get upgrade
i've got a readynas pro 6 running os 6. i was on 6.10.2 and... i know it's a hard and fast rule, "don't apt-get upgrade", but i did. problem is i was ssh'd into the wrong device. thought i was re...
- Mar 24, 2020
An OS update does overwrite everything except aps, configuration files, and the liek. It does not, however, wipe the slate clean before it does so. So, if there are completely new files that are a part of one of the apt-get upgrades, they'll still be there, but they should just be taking up space, not actually getting used.
You should be safe.
Sandshark
Mar 24, 2020Sensei - Experienced User
An OS update does overwrite everything except aps, configuration files, and the liek. It does not, however, wipe the slate clean before it does so. So, if there are completely new files that are a part of one of the apt-get upgrades, they'll still be there, but they should just be taking up space, not actually getting used.
You should be safe.
- winstonsmithMar 25, 2020Aspirant
thank for the help!
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