Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:09:59 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need for examples. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001100005350.7535-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <20000109044017.A15437@hades.hell.gr>
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 09:41:08AM +0100, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > Second point I would like to upgrade my system from 3.2 to 3.3 and > > will gladly see some examples/sequence of necessary steps.The > > estimated time for download using 56kbd/sec modem cvsup and mirror > > somewhere in germany (it means in the some country) would be also > > helpful.So once more what I would like to see is sequence of steps > > undertook by someone who had already succesfully up-graded.As usually > > any questions from you aimed to clear the situation are welcome > > If you're upgrading from the sources, you can use cvsup to fetch the > necessary patches to your 3.2 sources and upgrage to the latest > 3.4-STABLE system. I keep a file called releng_3.sup in my root > account directory that contains: > > # cat /root/releng_3.sup > *default host=cvsup.de.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_3 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > *default compress > > src-all > src-crypto > > and I use cvsup on it, with a command like: > > # cvsup -g -L 2 ~/releng_3.sup > > to upgrade the sources every now and then. > > Once your /usr/src tree is updated [which takes about 10-15 minutes > with my 28.8 Kbit/s modem], you can kill that PPP link, and use the > sources fetched to upgrade the base-system. The commands I usually > find handy are: > > # cd /usr/src > # make world > > Note however, that you might prefer to boot the updated kernel before > making the world. The whole procedure of building a custom kernel is > described in the handbook, but if you have a config file ready, say one > called MYKERNEL, you can almost always get away with: Why should I? What arew the reasons behind it(prefering to compile kernel first?) > # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ > # config MYKERNEL > # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > # make depend > # make > # make install > # reboot > > For more details on these two procedures, look at the handbook, at the > following sections: > > Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel > URL = http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html > Synchronizing Source Trees over the Internet > URL = http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/synching.html I do not like this chapter in book it really ia undiscernible.Some examples took from Handbook e.g. smoe particular version of ls should be up-dated have you seen it anywhere in real world?I am So all in all i do not like it.OOch :)) I meant the book from Mr Lehey but I do not like this chapter in handbook too :)). > Using make world to rebuild your system > URL = http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/makeworld.html > > Obtaining FreeBSD : CVSup Sites > URL = http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors-cvsup.html > > Hope that helps. > > -- > Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > > "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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