Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 03:08:28 +0100 From: Cameron Murdoch <cameron@macaroon.net> To: "F. Even" <freebsdlists@elitists.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 4.0 to stable Message-ID: <3F7CDA1C.3060701@macaroon.net> In-Reply-To: <BBA23D15.55472%freebsdlists@elitists.org> References: <BBA23D15.55472%freebsdlists@elitists.org>
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F. Even wrote: >My problem being though is the box is about 60 mi. away and I have limited >access to it. I was hoping to be able to pull this off remotely.... > >What I'm basically looking for is guidance on actually doing an upgrade. > >So...when I CVSup, what tags should I do? Do there still exist tags for >RELENG_4_0, or is the next step straight to RELENG_4_3? Can I find the >"UPDATING" document that everyone keeps mentioning on the website anywhere >before I go grabbing source, etc.? I'd really like to find some reading >materials before I just dive into it...it just seems that the materials for >this topic are a little scarce on the site. > > > The UPDATING file changes frequently so you will not find it on the website as such, it is fetched with the source and contains any important gochta's, often temporarily ones. You can use CVSWeb to look at it though: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING Then pick a particular revision. Also, the handbook walks you through the upgrade process at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html As to whether you need to jump straight to RELENG_4_3 or not is your decision, going to each release, (4.1 then 4.2) might be safer but it is going to take a long time. As Doug suggested reinstalling might be less painful in the long run. As this is a remote box you are going to have to be ultra careful. You are *going* to need single user mode access to it if you want to upgrade it. Cheers, Cam
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