From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 6 8:46:52 2003 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 CDF1B37B401 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:46:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from diana.northnetworks.ca (att-ws20.switchview.com [216.13.70.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D576C43F75 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:46:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from localhost (iaccounts@localhost) by diana.northnetworks.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h26GkmS07614 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:46:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:46:48 -0500 (EST) From: IAccounts To: freebsd Subject: Re: 4.3 -> RELENG_4 In-Reply-To: <15974.42449.30768.248609@guru.mired.org> Message-ID: <20030306113949.D4415-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Basically: > > > > Update your source with cvsup > > > > read /usr/src/UPDATING and follow any instructions required (I believe > > > > you'll need to manually create the relatively new sendmail users) > > > > Reveiw you kernel config file to see if any options have changed since > > > > 4.3 > > > > make buildkernel > > > > make installkernel > > > > reboot >>> if the reboot doesn't go well, boot kernel.old and copy it to > > > > /kernel to get back to 4.3 > > > > make buildworld > > > > make installworld > > > > Ok, I have cvsup'ped successfully, upon buildkernel I get: > > > > "Error: version of config does not match kernel! > > config version = 400018, version required = 400019 > > > > I understand that I am doing oposite of what the handbook says by > > installing a new kernel first, but is there a way to get around the out of > > date config problem so I can proceed in this 'backwards' approach? > > Not that I know of, and you've just started to uncover problems with > doing things backwards. You really need to do the buildworld > first. You can - in fact, should - leave the installworld until after > the new kernel is booted. Thanks greatly for the advice! I will attempt to do a buildworld now, and I can actually understand why this is. I can also see that I *should* have a backdoor prior to installworld. In the meantime, I did (thankfully) find a 4.3 cd that the previous admin had left (with no label or anything of course) and have installed it onto a scrap unit. It is in cvsup mode right now, updating source. I am going to gamble on the buildworld on my production amanda box first, as this is at least not mission critical, and I can afford to lose this one for a day. Things are looking very hopeful for my first real attempt at upgrade, and the things I am learning about the src structure and the way the FreeBSD source tree works is great! I recently built a cvs server for my own production, but now I actually understand cvs and branching at a whole new level! Tks again for such great user support and for an OS that nothing can even compare to. (Not to put down other BSD variants, because I have not used them) Steve Bertrand To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message