From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 11 15:12:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3C914BF8 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:12:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09338; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:12:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:12:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Andreas Rozek Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Christopher Michaels , Tassilo Erlewein Subject: Re: AW: Upgrading the kernel from 2.2.x to 3.2 In-Reply-To: <006901beb324$9c433f80$db0d4581@ksat24.RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.De> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Andreas Rozek wrote: > Christopher, > > > There are several ways you could do this. > > 1. CVSUP the source code and do a 'make upgrade' (there is > > more to it than > > that). > > 2. Create the boot floppies and do a binary upgrade. > > 3. Backup your date, wipe the system clean, install from scratch. > > thanks for the quick reply. From what I read in several notes, a bi- > nary upgrade using "sysinstall" sounds most interesting. Unfortu- > nately, I could not find any information on how to upgrade a system > using "sysinstall" on the web. Boot the boot floppies then select 'upgrade' from the main menu & follow the prompts. Otherwise it's just like installing. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message