Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:19:56 +0000 From: Filip Lenaerts <filip@freeshell.org> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <20051110231956.GA7663@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0511101333330.19268@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <E1EZp9T-0008i7-Kg@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> <b41c75520511090501nbef3235j@mail.gmail.com> <4372256F.2020800@kernel32.de> <op.szzszvxc8527sy@outgoing.local> <20051110090912.C33260@fledge.watson.org> <Pine.GSO.4.62.0511101112200.19268@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <20051110133127.GA11544@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <Pine.GSO.4.62.0511101333330.19268@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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> You have an option to use the FreeBSD agp device support or nVidia's. I > have no idea what criteria one might use to select between them. > > > i'll try recompiling this evening the port and try a boot -s :) > > If the device is loaded from /boot/loader.conf you might need to disable > that in order for the boot to single-user to work. YMMV. the upgrade was successful! tnx, jan, for the tips and the list for accurate information on this subject. overview of the 5.4-release to RELENG_6 upgrade: following the steps as described in the UPDATING document with additional disabling of '3th party' modules (see also [1] in updating) nvidia driver: comment out nvidia_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf linux emu: comment out linux_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf vmware: chmod a-x of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rtc.sh and vmware.sh at this point i recompiled successfully the new nvidia driver. tnx everyone and esp. the freebsd team for this release! filip > > > -- > jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ > Goth isn't dead, it's just lying very still and sucking its cheeks in. -- ---- http://filip.freeshell.org mailto:filip@freeshell.org ---- SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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