Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:01:26 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us> Cc: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, FreeBSD Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.2.8 -> 4.3 upgrade Message-ID: <3B968496.4EBEED4@tenebras.com> References: <Pine.A41.4.21.0109051547110.23654-100000@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us>
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Darren Henderson wrote: > 1 backup the box > 2 verify backups > 3 wipe the box > 4 do a clean install > 5 cvsup to the latest if you'd really like to save yourself some grief: 5 cvsup to RELENG_4_3 > 6 configure kernel > 7 installkernel > 8 installworld reverse the order of the last two, in general: setenv KERNCONF MYKERNEL make world && make kernel && reboot > 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. and check login.conf for 'passwd_format' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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