From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Mar 16 7: 4:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from techpower.net (techpower.net [205.133.231.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 336D637C0BA for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:04:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Received: from localhost (hometeam@localhost) by techpower.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA01575; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:11:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:11:05 -0500 (EST) From: hometeam To: Daniel Boyd Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.x -> 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions In-Reply-To: <200003161332.IAA89263@oberon.vacationclub.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Problem with the ad driver is a big issue ..I for one did an upgrade on one system...No problems till reboot , would not detect the ad0 device Stable is not the word for 4.0...Someone jump the gun on this one.. Also multiport option .. I tryed on another system same as my 3.4 stable ...Which worked fine on 3.4..I looked and found no issues with multiport option... On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Daniel Boyd wrote: > Glen Gross writes: > > For me the main issue is that I like my 3.4 RELEASE box so much. I don't > > want to risk sacrificing it in the event that the ad devices do not work > > as well as the wd devices currently in use. [some people have been > > reporting problems having their ad0 devices detected during the install.] > > You don't need to buy another whole system if you can put another hard > drive in there. > > I had an extra 2GB free as wd0s3, so I did my 4.0-CURRENT install > there on wd0s3[a-e]. This saved me when I later forgot to run > single-user for installworld of the "3.3-STABLE" to "4.0-CURRENT" > upgrade on the regular wd0s1 partition -- I was able to boot to the > new system partition, mount the old filesystems under /mnt, and do > another "make installworld" with DESTDIR=/mnt. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message