Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 13:40:59 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu> To: info@healthnet-sl.es, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 2.1.7 without using a floppy Message-ID: <199703071940.NAA02257@plains.nodak.edu>
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Step 1: enter single user. (shutdown -now)
Step 2: if NFS install mount NFS partition with FreeBSD dist
Step 3: move the /etc (and /var partition if you want old log files)
Step 4: install the new files using the install.sh in each subdirectory
Step 5: using "diff /OLDETC /etc" make custom changes to new /etc files.
especially be sure the /OLDETC/master.passwd /OLDETC/group
/OLDETC/fstab are placed into /etc.
Step 6: run "vipw" to rebuild the password database.
Step 7: after installing the compat libraries, remove old libraries, by:
cd /usr/lib/compat
for i in *
do
rm ../$i
done
Step 8: go into /sbin, /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/lib and do the command
"ls -lt"; old programs and libraries will be on the bottom of the list
with an older date, remove these.
Step 9: either copy /kernel.GENERIC to /kernel or build a new /kernel
Step 10: put any /OLDVAR files into /var (it is easier to put new files
into /OLDVAR and then move /OLDVAR to /var
the only gotcha in the process, is the new /stand files are not loaded in
this process.
--mark.
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