Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:29:20 +0100 From: Robin Becker <robin@jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> To: questions@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade Message-ID: <9njeusAQmTa7EwwH@jessikat.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010802115822.mj@isy.liu.se> References: <nlM4eLAs1Ra7Ewyu@jessikat.demon.co.uk> <XFMail.010802115822.mj@isy.liu.se>
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In article <XFMail.010802115822.mj@isy.liu.se>, Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> writes >> I'm very unsure about the src building mechanism. How do I go about >> upgrading my system to 4.3 from 4.2? My machine has low bandwidth >> access and I have /=17M /usr=590M /var=448M space. I have managed to >> download and burn a 4.3-install iso. It's very attractive for me to keep >> my existing applications and have a suitable base system for recovery >> purposes. >> > >I'd mount the 4.3-cdrom and then: > >#cd /cdrom/src >#./install all .sh >(this installs the entire 4.3 source tree into /usr/src) > >To compile everything: >#cd /usr/src >#make world >(wait, wait...) > >#cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf >#/sbin/config GENERIC >#cd ../../compile/GENERIC >#make depend && make && make install > >(then reboot into your new 4.3) > > >This will turn your box into a 4.3-RELEASE. You may want to cvsup the newer >sources (this will patch the tree, not intall everything again). cvsup can >readily be done via modem. When you have new sources then repeat from cd >/usr/src/ above. > >Warning: The instructions for doing this also tells you to run mergemaster >afterwards. I have not used that yet, it *seems* to be doing fine. But before >embarking on the trip above do read the handbook on "make world". > >/M This sounds like an excellent approach for me. I'm just not sure that I have enough space, Chris Hold says I will need 350M for /usr/obj during the make until make world is done. I'm down to 430M and lib src isn't fully extracted :( If all else fails I can still install completely from the cd. -- Robin Becker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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