Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 11:12:11 -0400 From: "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=27Iago_Sineiro_Rodr=EDguez=27?= <isineiro@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Message-ID: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF1B04@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu>
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Iago Sineiro Rodr=EDguez [mailto:isineiro@hotmail.com] wrote: > Anybody could explain in detail the steps to upgrade FreeBSD=20 > 4.5 release to=20 > FreeBSD 4.5 releng using CVSUP. >=20 > I try the FreeBSD handbook but is very confuse at that point. Hi! I just waded through this successfully, so I'll post what I = have... If you can get www.mostgraveconcern.com to respond, you should try the = cheat sheets there, as I think that they are very clear, but otherwise... First, install CVSup. It's been a while since I did this, but I think = that the simplest way to do this is to su to root, then either install the package, or, if you installed the ports collection (which I did as a = part of the install), use the ports. I have the ports, so I did: cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui (because I don't have X installed) make make install make clean rehash Then, I created a supfile. Mine looks like: *default tag=3DRELENG_4_5 *default host=3Dcvsup3.freebsd.org *default prefix=3D/usr *default base=3D/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default release=3Dcvs delete use-rel-suffix src-all You can choose a different tag if you want to track stable or current. Also, you should pick a different server, depending on what is close to where you are. The servers are listed somewhere in the handbook (I = think it's appendix A). Then, at the prompt, type cvsup -L 2 /path/to/your/supfile I don't need the -g tag, because I installed the version without the = gui stuff anyways... Once that's finished running, do the following: read /usr/src/UPDATING if you want, look at /etc/defaults/make.conf and add any options you want to /etc/make.conf (_don't_ modify the defaults file...) cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf cp GENERIC MYKERNEL modify MYKERNEL as you see fit -- use the handbook to help with this (section on making your own kernel...) cd /usr/src make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=3DMYKERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=3DMYKERNEL cp /kernel.old /kernel.ORIGINAL (this way, if something goes wrong, you always have the original) shutdown now (select the default shell) cd /usr/src make installworld mergemaster (make sure you read up on this, as it's not clear from the handbook how this works exactly -- basically, choose to merge interactively, then use the 'l' and 'r' keys to merge the files, and then 'i' to install) reboot That's it, roughly. After reading this, you should go back to the = handbook, and see if it makes more sense now that you know what all the steps = are... HTH, Ricky To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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