From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 18 14:46:43 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FDADD44D47 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:46:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay12.qsc.de (mailrelay12.qsc.de [212.99.163.153]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B62EE1333 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:46:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay12.qsc.de; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:46:40 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-114-44.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.114.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E10B3CBF9; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:46:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v3IEkcba007066; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:46:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:46:38 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is it possible to update from CURRENT to RELEASE ? Message-Id: <20170418164638.ab9b241d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20170418121023.650ac308.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay12.qsc.de with 8A2C06A427D X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1206 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:46:43 -0000 On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:11:56 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > On 04/18/17 15:40, Polytropon wrote: > > That is something you'd probably do from source. That kind of > > downgrade should be possible that way. > [...] > In the above context, there are 2 things I have not been able to figure > out : > > 1) If I forgot to choose the src distribution at installation time, can > I install the src.txz tarball by hand myself later from the installation > media ? Yes. You will get for example 10.3-RELEASE sources. It's also possible to download and extract that archive from the FTP site. Additionally, it's also possible to use svn to check out the release source, but it's probably much easier to just use the src archive. The FreeBSD Handbook has more detailed information: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn.html Note that svn is much more convenient to repeatedly track "minimal deltas" of a source tree than to obtain a whole tree "as is". :-) > 2) Is it possible to create a pristine FreeBSD environment by hand on a > new (MBR+UFS) slice using the tarballs on the installation media ? If > this is possible, can you be kind enough to list the strategy > outline/steps ? It's basically what the installer does: It extracts the different archives into the intended directories; "tar xvf " should be sufficient. So the manual approach for MBR + UFS would be: 1. initialize disk with gpart 2. create file systems with newfs 3. extract archives with tar 4. make desired changes to configuration files 5. (re)boot system -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...