Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 12:59:30 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@octarine.org> To: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade from 3.0-BETA to 3.2-STABLE: Pitfalls? Message-ID: <37CE66A2.77639ACD@octarine.org> References: <lf7lma1gcg.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com>
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> Here I'm very concerned about elf vs. aout or library > incompatibilities. There were also around that time some issues with > the boot sector (?) needing to be marked some special way but I've > forgotten. The ISP is 8 time zones away so I can't fix it if the make > world and new kernel fail. > > What problems can I expect? Suggestions for avoiding them? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING?rev=. Bootblocks and aout-to-elf info is around 19990106 There are some other changes to kernel config (particularly console/keyboard drivers) that may necessitate some changes when you rebuild the kernel (if the box won't run with a generic kernel that is an issue to look at before rather than after). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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