Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 15:52:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.2.8 -> 4.3 upgrade Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.21.0109051547110.23654-100000@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us> In-Reply-To: <20010902194650.A26090@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> So, I'm planning on:
> 1) Full backup (maybe several :->)
> 2) Boot 4.3-RELEASE CDs and select "Upgrade" (kernel and binaries
> only)
> 3) Mergemaster
> 4) CVS update /usr/src to RELENG_4_3
> 5) make buildworld
> 6) make installworld
> 7) reboot
>
> If that leaves me with a running machine, then I'll
>
> 1) Mergemaster
> 2) make buildkernel (GENERIC)
> 3) make installkernel (GENERIC)
> 4) reboot
Save yourself a lot of greif....
1 backup the box
2 verify backups
3 wipe the box
4 do a clean install
5 cvsup to the latest
6 configure kernel
7 installkernel
8 installworld
9 reinstall any ports/packages/custom software
A reinstall data/user files from the backup
This will end up being much simpler in the long run. The only real pain is
if you have a lot of users and need to deal with the changed passwords etc
and you can probably get around that with a few judicious restorations of
password files between 4 and 5.
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Darren Henderson darren@bmv.state.me.us
darren.henderson@state.me.us
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