From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 26 21:04:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 EC01E16A420 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:04:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C9F43D45 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:04:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00E0D16A43 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:04:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:04:42 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: IRPKJdamg8Nt0ZMjG21X71ThRN059nD7myIL6UBQxzue 1133039081 Received: from gumby.localdomain (88-104-194-111.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com [88.104.194.111]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C21571417 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:04:41 -0500 (EST) From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:04:40 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <20051126201642.65896.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051126201642.65896.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511262104.42134.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Subject: Re: Instructions for upgrading? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:04:45 -0000 On Saturday 26 November 2005 20:16, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > where can i find simple instructions for upgrading to > a new major > version? im running 4.10 right now and want to change > to 6.0--why not? heh--but the installation page in the > handbook just talks about doing it from > scratch. and the entire "upgrade' section of the 6.0 > release notes just says > "Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only > supported from FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of > older systems wanting to upgrade 6.0-RELEASE will need > to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. Important: Upgrading FreeBSD > should, of course, only be attempted after backing up > all data and configuration files." but doesnt say how > to really do it. > > same with the 5.x release notes. im willing to do this > in two step, from 4.10 to 5.4 and then to 6.0, if that > is neccessary. It's covered in chapter 20 of the handbook. Unfortunately it's under the rather misleading title "The Cutting Edge", because it's written in terms of tracking current/stable. Upgrading to 5.4 and 6.0 is just the same, but with RELENG_5_4 and RELENG_6_0 as the release tags. You should also look at the chapter on building the kernel, which gives more detail on that part of the process. You should disable any drivers in loader.conf that are built out of ports (eg nvidia). After the upgrade is done you will have to rebuild your ports or replace everything from packages. > my laptop doesnt have a CD drive of a floppy drive, so > i want to do it over the network but i need simple > instructions if someone can help. > > thank you! > > jen > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"