From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 17:21:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC4DC16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:21:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-03.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341E243D58 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:21:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (102.201.33.65.cfl.rr.com [65.33.201.102]) i3G0LBuI026054 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:21:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Walker To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1082074881.12893.13.camel@morpheus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:21:21 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: getting a current system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:21:15 -0000 I've been trying to get an up-to-date FreeBSD system running for the past 2 weeks, but keep running into problems. I've tried both 5.2.1 and 4.9 (with 4.9 giving me more problems believe it or not). I'm pretty sure I followed the steps in the handbook correctly, but I might be wrong. Basically, I'd like to verify that I am doing this correctly. Right after a fresh install I have been doing: - Editing supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. Specifically, the doc-supfile, ports-supfile and (stable-supfile for 4.9 and standard-supfile for 5.2.1). Changed the CVS host and the default base to /usr/local/etc/cvsup - Ran 'cvsup -g -L 2 SUPFILE' for the supfiles above that were edited. - Created /etc/make.conf with simple flags: CPUTYPE=athlon-xp CFLAGS=-O -pipe MAKE_SHELL=sh NOPROFILE=true - Ran 'mergemaster -p' to check if any config changes are needed before running 'make buildworld' - cd /usr/src && make -j4 buildworld - make buildkernel (for now I have just used the GENERIC until I get this all working) - make installkernel - Reboot to single-user mode - make installworld - mergemaster Is this all that is needed to update the system? 4.9 gave me the most problems during and after the above steps. I am really determined to get this working, despite all the problems I am having. A fresh install of 5.2.1 has just finished, so I am gonna try this again (hopefully with the help of you guys). Thanks, Aaron -- Aaron Walker http://ka0ttic.dyndns.org/