Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:47:20 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: TJ Olney <market@cc.wwu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: up from 3.51 to 4.1.1 -- ide devices Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0010100940300.118-100000@c157775-a.frndl1.wa.home.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
To upgrade from 3.51 to 4.1.1
Is it possible to simply upgrade the binaries without upgrading from
source and somehow get the new ide devices and the fstab set properly?
If I MUST rebuild from source, I thank you, Wash, for this reference:
> www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd
as it has some pieces that were missing from a very similar recipe that I
tried before.
Unfortunately, there are still some baffling sections in it: eg::
Compare your configuration carefully with /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
and /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT, to make certain that you don't miss
any devices that have changed.
I have yet to figure out what this means for my system and haven't yet been
able to understand what the effect of including or not including lines in the
kernel configuration file are supposed to be. In fact, I'm not even sure
what my "kernel configuration file" should be called or where it should be
before I build my new kernel.
I've been using FreeBSD for 4 years now, isn't it apalling how ignorant one
can be and still have it work?
With thanks to:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> * TJ Olney <market@cc.wwu.edu> [20001010 04:39]:
> =>The handbook says this:
> =>
> => Q: How do I upgrade from 3.X -> 4.X?
>
> Pls refer to a very good account of it given at
> www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd
>
> It is much better than explained in the hbook
>
> -Wash
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.WNT.4.21.0010100940300.118-100000>