Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:55:36 -0500 From: Alex Stangl <alex@stangl.us> To: SA <shopacct13@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd "toaster" Message-ID: <20090617045535.GD78640@scout.stangl.us> In-Reply-To: <984490.6805.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <984490.6805.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:04:47PM -0700, SA wrote: > This article by Colin Percival http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/binup.html discusses using freebsd-update as a "toaster" for updating an entire FreeBSD based distribution, instead of just the base system like freebsd-update normally does. Does anyone know where there might be more information on this topic? Not long ago I tried using freebsd-update to update from 6.0-RELEASE to 7.2-RELEASE, based upon instructions on Percival's blog, http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade.html It blew away the contents of /boot/kernel. Multiple emails to Percival went unanswered, and when I later asked about it on this list, the only response was a suggestion to upgrade via source. (Thanks for the suggestion, by the way -- I think I'll rather do that to stay up to date once I get caught up.) Based upon my experience and the apparent lack of current support, I would not recommend using these tools for binary updates, especially in an automated fashion. If I get some spare time and inclination, I may try to diagnose what went wrong with the freebsd-update script, but more likely will end up doing a clean install of 7.2-RELEASE from ISO onto a new drive, and migrate everything over. Alex
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