Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:52:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Philip Crewdson <philip@state51.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2 Upgrading for idiots? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970317164824.1111A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <l03010d01af53000bc747@[194.159.145.12]>
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On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Philip Crewdson wrote: > Could anyone be really kind and sketch out what's involved in upgrading? > (I'm currently on 2.1.5R). The instructions below may help. > Stuff like: > How to find out what's new In the release notes. > What files (other than /etc) would be changed No other config files will be changed (in fact, none will be changed, see below) > Whether the boot floppy is required Yes, you must boot from the boot floppy. > And last but not least, where does it say how to recompile and reinstall > the kernel? :( In the Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org or the ASCII version in /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii on installed systems with the 'doc' package installed. Here are the instructions: FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist for 2.2: 1) Boot the new floppy. Select the 'update' option. Follow the prompts. Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them. Select the same distributions you did originally (including the kernel source, src/ssys!) and any you wish to add. 2) Hit 'commit' to start the upgrade. 3) When you're dumped to a shell prompt: . Your /etc directory is preserved as it was for 2.1.x. You will want to look in /etc/upgrade, which contains new & updated files for this release. . Using your old sysconfig as a guide, create a new sysconfig using the one in /etc/upgrade as a template. . You will want to copy over the rc* files from upgrade/, so new features in sysconfig are used. Merge in any local changes, if necessary. . Migrate other files as necessary. 5) Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy. 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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