Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:27:30 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/122624: unusable mininal installation of FreeBSD-7.0 Message-ID: <20080424122730.GA46901@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <200804232134.VAA08317@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200804232134.VAA08317@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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> > * install 6.x (tried 6.1-RELEASE succesfully) > > * patch ata-chipeset.c in FreeBSD-7.0 sources > > * do the source upgrade to 7.0 > > * report back on failure/success > > > > BTW, are the instructions on > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/upgrade/freebsd-upgrade-6x-7x.txt > > essentially right? Or are there any corrections or > > recommendations to upgrade a fresh, minimal install of 6.x > > to 7.x? (e.g. do I need to use rse's freebsd-adm kit to do > > the upgrade? I've noticed that basically it runs cvsup + > > build world et al.) > > If it were me, I'd install 7.x in a different partition/slice > and leave the 6.x partition/slice alone. Then you have no risk > of 6.x files hanging around to confuse the issue, and if you > need another patch you don't have to repeat steps 1 & 2. Makes sense, so my revised plans are now (thinking out loud): * prepare two slices, ad4s1 and ad4s2 * install 6.x to ad4s1a, and boot into 6.x * while on 6.x o patch 7.0 sources and build world and kernel o install 7.0 world and kernel (DESTDIR=/dev/ad4s2a) * boot into 7.x (how do I specify that I want to boot from ad4s2a? Other than that I see no other options. I cannot rely on using the FreeBSD-7.0 install disk to install 7.0 to the 2nd slice, as the installer will boot a 7.0 kernel wich is broken with respect to the chipset in this Dell SC1435 ... I can't trust the installed files. Thanks for the suggestion, Fernan
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