Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 13:40:13 -0500 From: "Juan C. Vazquez" <jcvp@dextracode.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 How to upgrade to 2.2.6 Message-ID: <352BC48C.B48C782B@dextracode.com> References: <199803312342.PAA29815@tao.thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote: > According to Randy Katz: > > Hi, > > > > I have found, if you're connected to the 'net, to like this procedure: > > > > 1. pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz > > 2. Say yes to everything except to do the Update and the firewall, ports > > as you wish... > > 3. vi /etc/cvsupfile > > 4. change RELENG_2_2 to RELENG_2_2_6_RELEASE > > 5. cvsup -L 2 -g /etc/cvsupfile > > 6. cd /usr/src > > 7. make world (do not reboot afterwards, this takes a long time). > > 8. backup /etc/ (cd /etc; tar cvf /tempdir/etcback.tar) > > 9. cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > > 10. cp GENERIC MYKERNEL (your kernel) > > 11. vi MYKERNEL (edit as desired) > > 12. config MYKERNEL > > 13. cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > > 14. make depend; make; make install > > 15. cd /usr/obj/etc (not sure on this one, pulling from memory) > > 16. rm master.passwd, group, rc.conf (look at this one and merge where > > necessary), and whichever other files you have modified. > > 17. copy to /etc the rest (with subdirectories). > > 18. vi /etc/fstab > > 19. change wd0a to wd0s1a > > 20. reboot the beast > > > > You could most likely do the same from the CD and a boot floppy (the latest). > > > > This is the kind of cookbook files that I'll salt away in > my ~/.HowTo file. > You bet! > Not being familiar with cvsup, I haven't a clue where your > first 5 steps are correct... . There is one way to find > out. > It worked! > Comments? Can anybody expand upon this list? > I would like to add as 21. makewhatis as an optional step. My box had a nasty hang when I ran apropos before this, just before the upgrade. Also, on 19 in my case I had to change to wd0s2a, as I have the OS on a second slice. -jc- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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