From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 21 13:50:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE1F37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 13:50:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from bremen.shuttle.de (bremen.shuttle.de [194.95.249.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C54F43EDE for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 13:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schweikh@schweikhardt.net) Received: from bremen.shuttle.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bremen.shuttle.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C8E417D3C; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:49:55 +0100 (CET) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by bremen.shuttle.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with UUCP id gBLLntS6028560; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:49:55 +0100 Received: from hal9000.schweikhardt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBLLlRH6079849; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:47:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from schweikh@hal9000.schweikhardt.net) Received: (from schweikh@localhost) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBLLlQpf079848; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:47:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from schweikh) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:47:26 +0100 From: Jens Schweikhardt To: Lucky Green Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0 upgrade via dump/restore how-to? Message-ID: <20021221214726.GA59567@schweikhardt.net> References: <000301c2a5ce$40774700$6401a8c0@VAIO650> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000301c2a5ce$40774700$6401a8c0@VAIO650> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Lucky, On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:14:35AM -0800, Lucky Green wrote: # A few folks have asked me if I knew if there is an how-to that could be # used as a basis for upgrading a STABLE box to 5.0 using not the # procedures in UPGRADING, but rather performing a clean 5.0 install on a # fresh disk followed by restoring whatever is required to make the new # install look like the old machine. (I.e., /home, password files, ssh # keys, etc). # # Is anybody here aware of such a document? Not sure if it may fit the bill, but I'm currently writing an article for the FreeBSD handbook titled "FreeBSD From Scratch". From the abstract: This article describes my efforts at FreeBSD From Scratch: a fully automated installation of a customized FreeBSD system compiled from source, including compilation of all your favorite ports and configured to match your idea of the perfect system. If you think "make world" is a wonderful concept, FreeBSD From Scratch extends it to "make universe". Grab it from http://www.schweikhardt.net/article.html It's pretty stable but it has not yet been officially been published and I would welcome you as a test driver. If you're lucky (pun intended :-) it may do the trick for you if you hack the stage_[12].sh scripts. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message