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To: kudzu@tenebras.com, Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.8 -> 4.3 upgrade
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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'
>
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