From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 31 20:36:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CDB106566C for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lenzi.sergio@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898DA8FC1D for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxa40 with SMTP id 40so399262vxa.13 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:36:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references :content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=jTZB8fZnVFwz4LxchMC7c3HleEe04ueGVy7uj/vCk7I=; b=veAtNj+E6e/x19nduFethmoXnNx73/auklf++9gXlqAw7QVJ/C+xYFLOUQi8651vP2 yKwMEVj8jvwf8zSZ6GescL92dT/M0TZFAnSDxrltLENx73u/DNA9DArin22RfKYC30cV mlhu8VSDN/pU0v2+z7anqExqSebz6eHeARCzo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=Rpa185JA7Ng1NWl2wRd9tmcgA/0r/onEBoSQuW3giMWZOP0H0zlx7eaW+/2tr7krpx iRqWg4VZSAXWZ6b2RMEG+t0JSRMJSI7UhDmhS6Ca8vQOs5I0KXOoXfiJztYByaAsebuC QsBXGV3MZOfKwLxoWAkX8xjq//8teTJZABT7g= Received: by 10.220.176.11 with SMTP id bc11mr1669447vcb.149.1296506217544; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:36:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.6.230] ([201.21.166.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y15sm7201229vch.29.2011.01.31.12.36.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:36:56 -0800 (PST) From: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi To: David Brodbeck In-Reply-To: References: <84r5bz13ai.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:36:52 -0200 Message-ID: <1296506212.5414.12.camel@z6000.lenzinote> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: weif@weif.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue upgrading to 7.4, looking for guidance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:36:59 -0000 For me I used a "quick and dirty" solution for upgrade 1) build a machine (or a virtual one...) with the freebsd version you want, for example=8.2 cvsup the kernel in /usr/src 2) export KERNCONF=xxxxxx the name of the kernel config file you want to build 3) cd /usr/src;make buildworld buildkernel 4) mkdir /tmp/dist 5) export DESTDIR=/tmp/dist 6) make installworld installkernel 7) (cd /tmp/dist;tar cvzf - * ) > /tmp/newsystem.tar.gz 8) move the newsystem.tar.gz to the machine you want to upgrade 9) /rescue/tar -xpvf newsystem.tar.gz -C / the system will not respond to comands any more because of rewrite of almost all libs... so the solution is fastboot When the system comes up, it shows the release you built from this way you can go from 7.0 to 8.2 in one single step. for me it worked in internet all times but, you are warned: use at you own risk... Sergio