From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jul 30 23: 1:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.flashcom.net (3ff83059.dsl.flashcom.net [63.248.48.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B5A837B80E for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2000 23:01:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cgaff@mail.flashcom.net) Received: (from cgaff@localhost) by mail.flashcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA08019 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:56:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cgaff) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:56:30 -0500 From: "Corey G." To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Upgrade procedures Message-ID: <20000731005630.A89962@flashcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am just a little puzzled on the best method for upgrading FreeBSD. For this question I would be most concerned with the latest methods such as an upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1. Would I be correct in saying that burning a CD and using sysinstall would be the correct procedure? I remember seeing a warning somewhere that mentioned sysinstall must be upgraded first before using this method. I may have read it wrong but it sounded this way. If this is true I am unable to find the exact procedure for doing this. I believe it's upgraded when /usr/src is upgraded but I am not entirely sure. Would it be necessary to first cvsup src and rebuild world or should I just use sysinstall to do the upgrade and later upgrade /usr/src? I successfully upgraded using the following steps although they may be somewhat incorrect. 1. did a cvsup of src-all 2. did a make buildworld 3. did a make installworld 4. followed the procedures in the handbook for upgrading /etc and such 5. rebuilt the kernel and rebooted 6. used sysinstall to upgrade the rest of the system If using sysinstall does not upgrade sources will compiling a new kernel still grab the correct source during the compile? Does this look correct? The handbook does not describe this method in such detail. Thanks, -- Best Regards, Corey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message