Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 17:18:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Eric Anderson <keric@websidestory.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.2 -> 2.2.5 upgrade Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114171641.4473B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.971114121035.18807F-100000@mail.websidestory.com>
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Eric Anderson wrote: > > Ok, I'm somewhat of a FreeBSD newbie (mostly Solaris) so forgive the > ineptness but I'm planning on doing a network upgrade of all OSs from > some SNAP 3.0's, but mostly 2.2.2's to 2.2.5 - is it simply as easy as > moving the current /usr/src/sys out of the way, and inserting the new > 2.2.5 sys and recompiling (while having made the appropriate changes in > the kernel config file)? You want to upgrade the binaries too. Make it a complete affair. Just boot the 2.2.5 boot floppy, select upgrade, and follow the prompts. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES UPGRADE ANY MACHINE ON ANY 3.0-SNAPS. YOU WILL BREAK THEM IF YOU DO. The mount() system call semantics were changed and if you downgrade them to 2.2.x you won't be able to mount your disks except from the appropriate fixit floppy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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