Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:42:23 +0200 (SAST) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: sue@welearn.com.au (Sue Blake) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading - one more time please Message-ID: <199906270942.LAA15120@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19990627191626.53465@welearn.com.au> from Sue Blake at "Jun 27, 1999 07:16:26 pm"
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> I've got a machine running 2.2.7-STABLE which I want to upgrade to
> the current -STABLE. I also want the full repository.
> I have a 3.1-RELEASE CD, so I can grab its repository, cvsup, and
> pull out the latest -STABLE sources.
>
> Then, according to Jordan's post, I just go 'make upgrade' and build a
> new kernel, but according to Mike's post it might not work, according
> to other people I might have to upgrade first to 2.2.8 and/or do or not
> do lots of other hoop jumping. Then I look at Ruslan Ermilov's nice
> tutorial for 3.0-STABLE and it's telling a whole different story again.
> And there was some murmuring about "installing new boot blocks" a while
> ago but I don't recall seeing an explanation of what exactly one has to
> do. I wonder what else I've forgotten and where it might be written
> down.
We did a number of 2.2.1R to 3.2R upgrades here recently. Probably
the simplest approach is to use your 3.1R CD-ROM and install over
the existing files in "upgrade" mode, preferably after backing up
at least your own files. The 3.1R binaries should then have little
or no difficult doing a "make world" on the -stable sources, once
you have them.
Regarding the boot blocks: if you get an error message when rebooting
3.1R, type in
/boot/loader
at the "boot: " prompt and the machine should boot. Thereafter, you
can do a
disklabel -B wd0
(or equivalent) to install the new boot blocks.
--
Robert Nordier
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