Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:04:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Puri <natepuri@yahoo.com> To: James Guse <guse1@llnl.gov>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading a system Message-ID: <20010418150453.11786.qmail@web3304.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20010417155903.04e4feb0@popcorn.llnl.gov>
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cvsup -g -L 2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile cd /usr/src make world that's really all there is to it. you should also read the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/handbook FreeBSD's on-line documentation is second to none. -nate --- James Guse <guse1@llnl.gov> wrote: > I'm a little confused about the recommended way to > upgrade a FreeBSD > system. I want to avoid anything to do with > sources/CVS, etc; I'm looking > for straightforward upgrades of bastion, production > systems. I've found > the following incomplete information: > > FAQ 1.31 says: > Use "binary snapshots" of -STABLE. (Ok, I > understand how to install a new > system from the snapshots, but upgrading?) > > 4.2-...-STABLE UPGRADE.TXT says: > These notes assume that you are using the version of > sysinstall supplied > with the version of FreeBSD to which you intend to > upgrade. Using a > mismatched version of sysinstall is almost > guaranteed to cause problems and > has been known to leave systems in an unusable > state. The most commonly > made mistake in this regard is the use of an old > copy of /stand/sysinstall > from an existing installation to upgrade to a newer > version of FreeBSD. > This is NOT recommended. > > (Ok, so how to I get the correct /stand/sysinstall > for the version I want > to upgrade to before I upgrade the system? Does > /stand come in the 'bin' > distribution?) > > So I took a chance and upgraded a 4.2-RELEASE system > to > 4.2-20010411-STABLE. Everything worked fine except > for a kernel naming > problem: UPGRADE.TXT says that the kernel will be > replaced with a generic > kernel. Fine, but it doesn't say that you have to > 'mv kernel.GENERIC > kernel' so that /boot/defaults/loader.conf will > actually boot the system. > > Once it was all done, it appeared that nothing in > /stand was > updated. Further, when I copied the contents of > /stand (actually a nest of > hard links) to another system to perform the > upgrade, it seemed to think it > was the version that that other system was installed > as. > > So, unless I've just missed an obvious pointer to > the simple explanation of > how to do an upgrade, perhaps this is a good item > for the FAQ. > > Jimmy > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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