From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 11 6:14:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 06:14:18 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from openso.org (unknown [216.55.182.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12DB637B400 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:14:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from GENES (cx264427-b.dt1.sdca.home.com [24.9.241.93]) by openso.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA00312 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:14:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gknight@thumbsupsoft.com) From: "Gene Knight" To: Subject: Finding sysinstall for *upgrade* Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:14:55 -0800 Message-ID: <000901c0637c$bc266020$0200a8c0@dt1.sdca.home.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message