Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Peter Wood <peter@alastria.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 6.2 from a 5.3 mini install CD... Message-ID: <20070614150944.J15552@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <467182D2.6050303@alastria.net> References: <467182D2.6050303@alastria.net>
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Peter Wood wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > Does anyone have any knowledge, good or bad, about installing 6.2-RELEASE > from a 5.3-RELEASE mini install CD? > > The story is that I have a 5.3-RELEASE CD in my colo server in London (which > I have BIOS serial support w/ terminal server), and I know in the installer > you can specify the release name. > > I've tried to do this in VMware, I did a custom install, set the release name > to 6.2-RELEASE, installed only base. However as FreeBSD has enabled an option > for a SMP kernel, it didn't install a kernel and thus failed to boot. > > I was contimplating if I could install the kernel as a package or a non named > distribution. Is there anything I can do, or do I have to send a CD down and > hope my provider doesn't charge me to much? > > This'll teach me for not buying a CD-RW when I buy a new server... "What will > I need one of them for, it's a colo server.". Install 5.3 (minimal), then cvsup sources to 6.2, then build and install from source. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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