From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 23 17:38:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27776 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:38:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pudv01.ric.pmu.com (207-172-62-155.s155.tnt2.rcm.erols.com [207.172.62.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27601 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:37:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from SimsS@IBM.Net) Received: from Elvis.RatsNest.VaBeach.Va.Us ([148.128.70.186]) by pudv01.ric.pmu.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA02135; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 20:37:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from SimsS@IBM.Net) Reply-To: From: "Steve Sims" To: Cc: Subject: RE: Best upgrade path to 3.0 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 20:37:07 -0400 Message-ID: <001d01bdfee6$6e790500$ba468094@Elvis.RatsNest.VaBeach.Va.Us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Excuse my ignorance; I've been off-list for a while. What's the CVSup tag for 3.0 release? ...sjs... | -----Original Message----- | From: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG | [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Conrad Sabatier | Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 6:37 PM | To: Jamie Howard | Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG | Subject: RE: Best upgrade path to 3.0 | | | | On 19-Oct-98 Jamie Howard wrote: | > This is probably a newbie question, but I have never faced this: | > | > I have a 2.2.7-STABLE system and just CVSupped to 3.0. | Now, what would be | > the proper upgrade procedure? The few docs lying around | suggest that this | > will be very painful because of the ELF conversion. Is | this so? What do | > I do to get around it? | | Painful? Not at all, unless you're the impatient type. :-) | | I just did the same a few days ago with no problems. | | # cd /usr/src | # make aout-to-elf-build | # make aout-to-elf-install (this will also build a new generic kernel) | | After this, you'll just need to update your /etc stuff and | you're in business. | | Good luck. | | -- | Conrad Sabatier | | Succumb to natural tendencies. Be hateful and boring. | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message