Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 20:45:23 +0900 From: Joel <rees@ddcom.co.jp> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to use snapshots Message-ID: <20050517202126.294A.REES@ddcom.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEAHHFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <20050517124310.293F.REES@ddcom.co.jp> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEAHHFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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(reformatted, to maintain the thread) > > > > > ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ looks like > > > > install disc1 > > > > > content. > > > > > > > > > > How or what do I need to run to use this to update my system? > > > > > > > > > > Been to the official handbook with no luck. > > > > > > > > It's exactly like any other install image. > > > > Boot the floppies and do a binary upgrade. > > > > > > I have no idea what you mean by those statements. > > > What floppies are you talking about? > > > What does what you say have to do with system snapshots. > > > > > > How do I download the snapshot version with all the files and > > > sub-directors? > > > > > > This snapshot URL must be a normal thing available to the general > > > FreeBSD user. > > > So there must be some pre-canned way to download and use it. > > > How do I find this out? > > > > Read this whole section: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html > > > > Note, in particular, under the heading > > > > 19.2.2.3 Using FreeBSD-STABLE > > That section says "If you are installing a new system and want it > to be as stable as possible, you can simply grab the latest dated > branch snapshot from > ftp://snapshots.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ and install it > like any other release. Or you can install the most recent > FreeBSD-STABLE release from the mirror sites and follow the > instructions below to upgrade your system to the most up to date > FreeBSD-STABLE source code." > > OK now how does this answer my question of HOW do I grab the > snapshot I want???? > > I know how to use the normal FTP mirror site to fetch the .iso file > and burn a bootable cdrom or use cvs to build the sources to > recompile the complete system. Then you should, as nearly as I understand it, know how to install or upgrade to a snapshot. Try re-reading 19.2.2 Staying Stable with FreeBSD Or were you wondering which tag to pick up. Take a look at sections A.5 and A.6. <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html>; <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html>; I used cvsup, and I think I used the tag RELENG_5 to get the most recent stable at that point. The steps for buildworld were straightforward, though I had plenty of time to do other things while waiting. I used portupgrade, which is linked somewhere in those pages, to bring the ports up to the current kernel and userland after that also took a fair amount of time. (Days, in fact.) And I did have to read those pages and several others they reference several times while I was following the instructions to get a good idea of what was happening. Beyond that, I don't know what to tell you. -- Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> digitcom, inc. $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp>; **
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