Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:25:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Suttipan Limanond <limanond@enws626.eas.asu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 to 3.2 updates (CDROM) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091224210.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990606031526.42983@lymatech.com>
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On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Suttipan Limanond wrote: > Hi: > > I am planning to upgrade to 3.2 release using CDROM. Basically, > I have two hard disks, the first one that shares with other OS > contains / and swap, and the second are purely FreeBSD > which have /usr/local and /usr/home partitions. > > 1. My understanding is I can install the 3.2 on the first > disk and bring /usr/local and /usr/home from the second hard > disk in later. Is this correct? Yes. > 2. Will the ports that I have (.aout format) run on 3.2? > Is there any way to make sure they do? Or I just need to > re-install all of them? The upgrade will not fix the libraries, so they will probably break. You have to manually move the a.out libraries into aout/ directories underneath their present location, then edit rc.conf and add them to the ldconfig_aout_paths variable. They should work again on the next reboot. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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