From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 23:20:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC8016A41F for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:20:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from filip@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (mx.freeshell.ORG [192.94.73.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75BCE43D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:20:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from filip@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:filip@otaku.freeshell.org [192.94.73.2]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jAANJuoS011653; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:19:56 GMT Received: (from filip@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id jAANJuE4004086; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:19:56 GMT Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:19:56 +0000 From: Filip Lenaerts To: Jan Grant Message-ID: <20051110231956.GA7663@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <4372256F.2020800@kernel32.de> <20051110090912.C33260@fledge.watson.org> <20051110133127.GA11544@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:20:16 -0000 > You have an option to use the FreeBSD agp device support or nVidia's. I > have no idea what criteria one might use to select between them. > > > i'll try recompiling this evening the port and try a boot -s :) > > If the device is loaded from /boot/loader.conf you might need to disable > that in order for the boot to single-user to work. YMMV. the upgrade was successful! tnx, jan, for the tips and the list for accurate information on this subject. overview of the 5.4-release to RELENG_6 upgrade: following the steps as described in the UPDATING document with additional disabling of '3th party' modules (see also [1] in updating) nvidia driver: comment out nvidia_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf linux emu: comment out linux_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf vmware: chmod a-x of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rtc.sh and vmware.sh at this point i recompiled successfully the new nvidia driver. tnx everyone and esp. the freebsd team for this release! filip > > > -- > jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ > Goth isn't dead, it's just lying very still and sucking its cheeks in. -- ---- http://filip.freeshell.org mailto:filip@freeshell.org ---- SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org