From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 2 06:55:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA27720 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 06:55:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from email.csun.edu (csun1.csun.edu [130.166.1.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA27695 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 06:55:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from albert.kinderman@email.csun.edu) Received: from csun.edu (s253n060.csun.edu) by csun1.csun.edu with ESMTP (1.40.112.8/16.2) id AA273065516; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 06:51:56 -0700 Message-Id: <3574037A.A477DEDF@csun.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 06:51:54 -0700 From: Albert Kinderman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: Paul Dekkers , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade 2.2.1 by compiling new kernel? References: <19980602132550.A8651@ucb.crimea.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Paul Dekkers wrote: > > Hi > > > > Is it possible to upgrade my 2.2.1 system by compiling a new 2.2.6 kernel, > > and installing it? (Or can I expect many problems because of the other > > utilities that are not kernel independent?...) > > > > Paul > > No, it is _not_ possible. > You should upgrade the whole system. > > -- > Ruslan Ermilov System Administrator However, you can do this in pieces, as I have just done it from 2.2.2 to 2.2.6. Since I didn't have my plug'n'play modem operational, I used another operating system to download the /bin files from ftp.freebsd.org to a dos partition. Then I went back to freebsd and installed the /bin files. That gave me a 2.2.6 kernel.GENERIC which could be booted. I then downloaded the sources for /usr/sys and installed. Then I compiled a custom kernel for 2.2.6. I used /stand/sysinstall for the installation. You can also use the install.sh script that is in each of the subdirectories. [I don't know if this will work for the the sources if you are getting just part of them, as I did] If you have an operational modem or network connection, you should be able to use sysinstall by ftp. Al To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message