Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:08:43 +0000 From: Iain Dooley <mail@iaindooley.com> To: Jan Pechanec <jp@devnull.cz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Uprading to 5.X from 4.X Message-ID: <426D868B.5000102@iaindooley.com> In-Reply-To: <20050425105037.Y38987@axxem.hide.subzone.cz> References: <426CD319.6010005@iaindooley.com> <20050425012837.GA59690@xor.obsecurity.org> <426CD723.3040906@iaindooley.com> <20050425105037.Y38987@axxem.hide.subzone.cz>
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Jan Pechanec wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Iain Dooley wrote: > > >>>Use sysinstall to do a binary upgrade, or carefully follow the >>>directions in the handbook. >> >>binary upgrade!!! brilliant, i didn't even know it existed. is there a section >>in the handbook on it? i couldn't find one. > > > hi, be sure you know that 5.x uses UFS2. If you do just a binary > upgrade, you keep older UFS1. It will work but generally it may not be a > good idea. j. > > http://sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net/jeroen/faq.html so if i install from binaries i should do: newfs -U -O 2 /dev/da1s1a mount /dev/da1s1a /mnt cd /mnt dump 0buf 126 - / | restore xbf 126 - can someone please explain what these commands are doing? will i lose data that is on the device? if i go through the make buildworld/make installworld process then do i still need to do this to update to UFS2?? what significance does this: 1.18. My /boot/loader reports "Invalid format"? from the above article hold for me. is it likely to happen? i read through the /usr/src/UPDATING document for 5.x when i tried to install on my laptop, but still couldn't manage to upgrade from 4.10 to 5.3 without errors. i can't afford to do that on my current system because i need it for work and uni. do i have to just back up all my data, install 5.3, format the hard drive and then reinstall all my applications? it'll take ages...home | help
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