Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:11:23 +0530 From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: klumea <simi.freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compile kernel on a powerfull computer and move it to another. WORKS?? (plain text) Message-ID: <84dead72050612084159b0a550@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b20788fc050612073938207f49@mail.gmail.com>
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Simi, sk> I have installed FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE and now I what to sk> upgrade it to FreeBSD 5.4, I know that I have to <make sk> buildworld> first , If you are upgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.4, you'll need to update userland, kernel and kernel modules together. On your 'fast' machine, you could do a: make installworld DESTDIR=/new-root-dir and move the entire contents of /new-root-dir over. You'll need to be careful not to clobber your existing configuration, so it would be best to extract /new-root-dir into a fresh partition on the slow machine, then boot from this partition at boot time and then patch things up. I wouldn't recommend this procedure to a person new to FreeBSD. It may be easier to use the 5.4 release CDs to upgrade the 'slow' machine. And don't forget to take backups! :) -- FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshyhome | help
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