From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 1 21:02:34 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66BAD16A405 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:02:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dghatikachalam@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18FB213C4C7 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:02:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dghatikachalam@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so654517wxc for ; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:02:33 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=l3Zee0bmCZNJyRjabfspNNXBJ7nT1iA34aSrJVtUb2cs1fiXs53z9BLlveUaYjM54rJVjXY9MpEJun2CGY4B3FRKZMQCmRfjca1FFjMv1sBOeYKh0BYqLKsMd1QZISGVMC+F7jzOQ8wWRvJfzoSCSwBcwOyTjPmSpHfyaj65SZI= Received: by 10.70.30.5 with SMTP id d5mr4580536wxd.1170363753456; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:02:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.52.12 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:02:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:02:33 -0500 From: "Dak Ghatikachalam" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <45BB6654.6040107@mikestammer.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <001201c74188$503d97c0$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> <45BA655F.7060606@mikestammer.com> <45BA68F6.30809@mikestammer.com> <45BB6654.6040107@mikestammer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:02:34 -0000 On 1/27/07, Eric wrote: > > Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > > > > On 1/26/07, *Eric* > > wrote: > > > > Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 1/26/07, *Eric* > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > > > Halid Faith wrote: > > > > I have a machine 6.0-RELEASE. How do I upgrade it to > > Freebsd6.2 > > > without any problem? > > > > Could you advise a useful site about that ? > > > > After upgrade, May a problem like cannot login the system > > be ? > > > > > > > > > > > people seem to like my instruction set: > > > > > > http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/bsd:updateos > > > > > > > > > no issues reported yet! =) > > > > > > > > > > > > I could not access ? > > > > > > > > > Permission Denied > > > > > > Sorry, you don't have enough rights to continue. Perhaps you > > forgot to > > > login? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sorry about that, give it a whirl now > > > > > > Hi > > > > I browsed the page understood most part , I happened to read > > theupgrade chapter in release notes, but I remember someone on this > > list also mentioned to read from handbook, could not find that > > > > BTW: Does this upgrade procedure apply and can it be used to go from > > 6.1 to 6.2 freeBSD too ? > > > > Thanks > > DAk > yes, it will work from any version of 6 and up. It should work fine in 7 > unless the technique changes for some reason. > > Hope it helps you! =) > > Eric > This worked great but on mergemaster -cv in single user , at one point it asked me these questions , I got nervous and puzzled Use 'd' to delete the temporary ."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" Use 'i' to install the temporary ."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" Use 'm' to merge the temporary and installed versions Use 'v' to view the diff results again # xxx refers to path for config files, I running on default freebsd mode and did not made any change I just presses ENTER key the default ( because it advised to be left for later consideration" DO I just not bother any more. Thanks Dak