How do I use the Freeway CDROM to upgrade my Protogate Freeway to a new software version?
NOTE: the recommended procedure for upgrading a Freeway has changed, starting with the “X-B” Freeway release CDROM (based on Freeway 3.1-3), which was released on 12 May, 2004. The previous method should still be used for all Freeway releases prior to that. Beginning with the 3.1-3 Freeway release, the Freeway install CDROM will by default attempt to save existing configuration files and protocol image files before initializing the Freeway disk, then will restore those files after loading the new software onto the disk (previous versions had to be explicitly commanded to perform this service by setting “PRESERVE_PARTS=yes”). Another enhancement starting with that version is that now when the Freeway is booted from the CDROM, it determines the IP address which is used by the Freeway when booted normally (from its own disk), and sets an alias to that IP address. So if, for example, your Freeway ordinarily uses IP address 192.168.100.100, then when you boot it from the CDROM it will have
