Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 06:51:54 -0700 From: Albert Kinderman <albert.kinderman@email.csun.edu> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: Paul Dekkers <psd@cgu.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade 2.2.1 by compiling new kernel? Message-ID: <3574037A.A477DEDF@csun.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980602113841.13823A-100000@chippie.cgu> <19980602132550.A8651@ucb.crimea.ua>
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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
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