Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:23:18 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: "B. Cook" <bcook@poughkeepsieschools.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7 from 6.3 Message-ID: <47C6EE06.4010403@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <0AAFAC92-CF83-42CC-A148-FB24261A4556@poughkeepsieschools.org> References: <0AAFAC92-CF83-42CC-A148-FB24261A4556@poughkeepsieschools.org>
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B. Cook wrote: > Hello All, > > I was going to try and update a box from 6.3 to 7 via buildworld all 32 > bit, nothing 64. > > Assuming it should be done like this: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel > mergemaster -p > make installkernel > (reboot) > (startup on 7 kernel) > make installworld > mergemaster (do full mergemaster) > make installworld > (reboot) > > (make sure all is working in 7 then do it all again; just to be sure) > make buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > make installworld > > > Sound about right? or too redundant? > > Thanks in advance. The doing it all again part might bring some very slight performance improvements due to the compiler change.
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