Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:04:00 -0500 From: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org> To: kudzu@tenebras.com, 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: <5.1.0.14.0.20010905150259.03e00dd0@pop.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <3B968496.4EBEED4@tenebras.com> References: <Pine.A41.4.21.0109051547110.23654-100000@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us>
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At 01:01 PM 9/5/2001 -0700, Michael Sierchio wrote: >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 mergemaster is your friend. make world && make kernel && mergemaster && 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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