Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:12:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Richard J. Finn" <rfinn@houston-interweb.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970123001151.15372F-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32E68AED.794B@houston-interweb.com>
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Richard J. Finn wrote:
This is four.
> I upgraded my OS from 2.1.0 to 2.1.6, my friend (dbaker@neosoft.com)
> told me I need to upgrade the kernel software and recompile a kernel. I
> asked him where to get the kernel software and read in the books and
> documentation and so far I haven't been able to get the stuff. It says
> follow the directions for adding a package, but there is no kernel
> package and nowhere in that area does it say where to go... If I FTP
> into a mirror site, what directories to I go into, what files to I
> download, and where do I put them? Any help will be greatly
> appreciated... :)
You will want to upgrade the whole system at once. Not very hard tho:
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
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