From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 6 3:41:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from thehousleys.net (frenchknot.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.224.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A7637B502 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 03:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thehousleys.net (baby.int.thehousleys.net [192.168.0.24]) by thehousleys.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e96Af8q20717; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 06:41:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jim@thehousleys.net) Message-ID: <39DDAC43.65D560AF@thehousleys.net> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 06:41:07 -0400 From: James Housley X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bap Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, lists@a1.org.uk Subject: Re: stable on multiple machines References: <200010060938.KAA64845@ns.a1.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bap wrote: > > What is the best way of doing this for the 486, as it will obviously need the absolute minimum install to fit comfortably? > I don't think you can do source upgrade from 2.2.6 to 3.5.1 or 4.1.1. You have major issues including 1) new boot blocks. 2) aout to elf kernels. 3) Drastically different /etc/rc*. 4) I am sure there are more. If you really need to upgrade this your best bet would be a "fresh" binary install, after saving vital configuration information. I am not trying to discourage you, but this won't be an easy path. I believe the recommened path will be 2.2.6->2.2.8-STABLE (there actually was a commit 2 days ago). 2.2.8-STABLE->3.2-RELEASE and change boot blocks and kernel to elf. 3.2-RELEASE to 3.5.1-STABLE. Now you can remove all the old libs and programs that have moved locations. And all this on a 486??? Jim -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect! Reboot now? [OK] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message