From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 21:17:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F35216A46B for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:17:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3304B13C4B0 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:17:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l5ELH3pw015590; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l5ELH1Me015587; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Peter Wood In-Reply-To: <467182D2.6050303@alastria.net> Message-ID: <20070614150944.J15552@wonkity.com> References: <467182D2.6050303@alastria.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:03 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 6.2 from a 5.3 mini install CD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:17:14 -0000 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