From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 21 23:49:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA27525 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:49:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA27513 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:49:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00872; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:48:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:48:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Feiyi Wang cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade In-Reply-To: <199702211349.IAA01554@stone.csc.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Feiyi Wang wrote: > Hi, Can somebody tell me how to upgrade my current 2.1.6 Release > to the 2.1.7 Release ? > Will /stnad/sysinstall upgrade menu do? Very nicely. FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist: 1) BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC. IT __WILL__ BE MODIFIED!!! 2) Boot the new floppy. Select the 'update' option. Follow the prompts. Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them. Select the same distributions you did originally and any you wish to add. 3) Hit 'commit'. Take note of the modified files. 4) WHen you're dumped to a shell prompt: . Copy services back from your backup /etc. It's three lines long now :( . Edit sysconfig and re-config from scratch using your old one as a guide. . Migrate any changes you made to rc.local and other files noted during the upgrade process. 5) Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major