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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:14:55 -0800
From:      "Gene Knight" <gknight@thumbsupsoft.com>
To:        <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Finding sysinstall for *upgrade*
Message-ID:  <000901c0637c$bc266020$0200a8c0@dt1.sdca.home.com>

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Greetings!

How the heck are you supposed to get the right version of sysinstall if
you're upgrading a remote machine?

> From UPGRADE.TXT:
> These notes assume that you are using the version of sysinstall supplied
> with the version of FreeBSD to which you intend to upgrade.

This is the method that I used, but there's *gotta* be a better way!

sysinstall is on the mfsroot.flp image
copy it to a floppy, using fdimage,
mount the floppy, and read the mfsroot.gz file from it

gzip -d it, then use vnconfig:
vnconfig vn0c mfsroot
mount /dev/vn0c /mnt

copy sysintall:
cp -p /mnt/stand/sysinstall .

and unmount:
umount /mnt
vnconfig -u vn0c

Thumbs Up!
Gene Knight



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