Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:20:12 -0600 From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com> To: Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <4372059C.8040806@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <b41c75520511090501nbef3235j@mail.gmail.com> References: <E1EZp9T-0008i7-Kg@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> <b41c75520511090501nbef3235j@mail.gmail.com>
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I did this on a Sun Ultra5 system last night. I forgot (as I usually do) mergemaster -p. But everything worked fine. The -p usually just catches missing users and such that could cause install problems. Claus Guttesen wrote: > *********************** > This message has been scanned by the InterScan for CSC-SSM and found to be free of known security risks. > ***********-*********** > > > >>usually when I upgrade across major versions of BSD I wipe the whole >>machine and re--install from scratch. But I understand that the move >>to 6.0 from 5.4 is nowhere near such a big leap. >> >>So I was wondering hether I could just do this from source without any >>ill effects, as if I was upgrading 5.4->5.5. I have nnever tried this before >>though, and was wondering if there are any major pitfalls (i.e. is it actually >>a really bad idea?) > > > The easiest would be to > > 1. cvsup to RELENG_6 (or RELENG_6_0) > 2. cd /usr/src > 3. make buildworld > 4. make buildkernel > 5. make installkernel > 6. mergemaster -p > 7. reboot into single-usermode and verify your new kernel works > 8. mount -a > 9. make installworld > 10. mergemaster > 11. reboot > > All described in /usr/src/Makefile (and the handbook). You may need to > reinstall some apps, but most should work with compat5x in place. > > regards > Claus > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ______ Paul T. Root / _ \ 1977 MGB / /|| \\ ||\/ || _ | || || || \ ||__// \______/
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