Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:31:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any pointers for crossing the line from 2.2.8 to 3.3? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911111630340.48423-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <382AEE4C.9341EEC0@summersault.com>
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You'll of course need to go through /etc and compare and update any changes. This is something i have seen mentioned many times. Some people do it manually, others use mergemaster. On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Mark Stosberg wrote: > >This weekend we are upgrading our FreeBSD server for our hosting firm >from 2.2.8 to 3.3 and looking for the most painless way to do this. I've >assembled some basic notes on the procedure based some documention I >found on the net (my notes are below). Are they any other pointers I >should know about? Thanks. > >key upgrade stuff: > > 1. Back everything up. > 2. Repeat step 1. > 3. Copy new source tree from CD into /usr/src/sys > 3.5 make kernel tweaks as needed > 4. "make upgrade". > 5. reboot. > 6. use /stand/sysinstall to install compat22 > >Is that guts of it? If you have tips or pointers to a reference on this, >that would be appreciated. >Thanks much, > > -mark > > <<-------------------------------------------------------------->> >personal website < Summersault Website Design > http://mark.stosberg.com/ > http://www.summersault.com/ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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