Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 17:49:49 -0500 (EST) From: Gerry Freymann <freymann@marlo.eagle.ca> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Questions after doing a cvsup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001109174015.7296B-100000@marlo.eagle.ca> In-Reply-To: <14859.1104.90246.424231@moriarity.grauel.com>
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I had originally installed Freebsd 4.1.1-stable. I thought it would be a good idea to cvsup to the latest, so I used the instructions at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd to guide me through my task. As always, there were differences in the instructions and what really happened. I did: -buildworld -buildkernel -installkernel (then in single user mode) cd /usr/src make installworld Update /etc cp -Rp /etc /etc.old /usr/sbin/mergemaster -v cd /dev ./MAKEDEV all Update stand cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall make clean make all install Great eh! When I rebooted, I saw the new kernel loading, but the hostname was forgotten and no network stuff loaded. Is there anything that talks about "mergemaster?" I have to admit I didn't really know wtf was going on there. I eventually decided just to rename /etc to /etc.new and my /etc.old back to /etc and reboot. Voila! My machine knows who it is, all the network stuff loads and the other boot up stuff in /usr/local/etc/rc.d loads. Confusing to this first-timer. Now when I go into /stand/sysinstall, do post config, and opt to install premade freebsd packages, when I select an FTP server, it says it doesn't have the files for 4.2-Beta! even ftp.freebsd.org! ug! Does this mean I should stick to using the files on my hard drive now? A pkg_version -v shows there are some items that can be updated. Tips? Suggestions? I have another machine to do the same things with next week. Would like to head into it slightly smarter ;-) Thanks. -Gerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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