Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:04:39 -0400 From: "Robert H. Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Upgrade to 4.8 RELEASE Message-ID: <3F91D517.7040100@earthlink.net>
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Hello, I'm making plans to upgrade from 4.7 RELEASE to 4.8 RELEASE. My previous attempt was a binary upgrade from 4.5 to 4.7 which did not go very well. I eventually purchased the 4.7 CD. The FreeBSD Handbook stresses backing up the system and implies that /dump/ is a better backup program. Chapter 12.9.8.1 of the handbook recommends having a copy of the boot and fixit floppies available and making sure they have all your devices, otherwise you'll need to prepare two bootable custom floppies that contain /fdisk, disklabel, newfs, mount, /and your backup program. It goes on to say that these programs must be statically linked. I understand hard and soft links but I'm not familiar with static links. The handbook also provides a script for creatinng a bootable floppy. Can someone help me understand static link? Secondly, can I assume that the script must be reviewed for likely modifications? I'm just learning shell programming and if significant modifications are necessary, I may end up purchasing a CD for 4.8. Any suggestions relative to the upgrade process is also appreciated. Thanks, Bob
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