From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 29 10:09:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19917 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:09:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19709 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:07:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.2/8.9.2/UCB) id UAA05488; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:05:33 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:05:33 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Albert Chen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading 3.0-RELEASE from 2.2.8-RELEASE. Message-ID: <19990129200533.A3484@ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: Albert Chen , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19990129174044.9722.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.17i In-Reply-To: <19990129174044.9722.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Albert Chen on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 09:40:44AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 09:40:44AM -0800, Albert Chen wrote: > Greg Lehey said: > > >On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 23:44:12 -0800, Albert Chen wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> > >> I'm using FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE, I want to upgrading 3.0-RELEASE. > >> Would anyone tell me anyting I should care regarding upgrading 3.0 > >> from 2.2.8? I know 3.0 supports ELF, but 2.2.8 doesn't. > >> So I'm afraid I can't use tools on 2.2.8 when I upgrading 3.0. > > > >Quite honestly, if you don't really have to, I wouldn't recommend > >doing this right now. 3.1 is just around the corner, and the upgrade > >path is very different. It will also be relatively complicated to > >upgrade from 3.0-RELEASE to 3.1-RELEASE. > > Hi, Greg, > > First off, thanks for the reply. According to your reply, you said: > > "3.1 is just around the corner, and the upgrade > path is very different. It will also be relatively complicated to > upgrade from 3.0-RELEASE to 3.1-RELEASE" > > Would you like to tell me which path is different? > I read Handbook, looks like I just run /stand/sysinstall, then select > 'upgrade' option, that's it, isn't it?? > Correct me if I'm wrong, thanks. > > -Albert. Of course, you will be able to do a binary upgrade. But aout->ELF transition from the sources will not be able. Read the /usr/src/Makefile of RELENG_3 branch. -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message