From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 24 03:45:38 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10CD4FD6 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 03:45:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD6A41871 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 03:45:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=HBIFJFBSxuJs7o/e8C4ZDndRQViVC1MEEq9LQrGiMJQ=; b=T8sKRJt2pgAO8gQAMECCz8CGB6mG+NsW0YAL9yhIhIF0uoBtDR6KY7Tib3XqrLN3qXPBJZE/u8lE82gVFKZEN6+xF5AZ37Cga6mlGWoZ8vdjt1e2wiQpvprLJTpsqbF3BYtMnbFr6Lj3VO1BJTSwtmcgRKNnPgfi6Qxm9PJMmT4=; Received: from [39.216.17.97] (port=49321 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1VvIvx-002uZn-It; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 20:45:31 -0700 Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:45:22 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Shane Ambler Subject: Re: update via ISO image Message-ID: <20131224114522.25457b83@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <52B8FD93.6040808@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <52B8FD93.6040808@ShaneWare.Biz> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Luca Ferrari X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 03:45:38 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:50:51 +1030 Shane Ambler wrote: > On 23/12/2013 23:13, Luca Ferrari wrote: > > Hi, > > I believe this is trivial, but I cannot find any hint in the > > documentation: is it possible to do a full upgrade from a -RELEASE > > to a -RELEASE using an ISO image? In particular I'm running a 9.1 > > and I'm not able to run freebsd-update, can I update using the ISO > > of a 9.2-RELEASE? > > I'll say yes. I do believe I have upgraded after booting from an > install CD some time ago. At least installed a newer version over an > existing version. I think the hassle was matching the mount points to > the right slices, but this may be easier these days. I find a bit confusing with the current installer. The method you suggest here is the method I also would recommend. > > You may find it easier to manually install the tarballs from the CD - > you can find them on the disk in usr/freebsd-dist and install them > with cd /mnt/usr/freebsd-dist > tar -xf -C / base.txz > tar -xf -C / kernel.tbz > tar -xf -C / lib32.txz > You may also want to install some of the others - > doc.txz games.txz ports.txz src.txz There is still the route via the sources. It might sounds more complicated. Only the mergemaster step confuses me. Do not allow mergemaster to change your files but tell it to write them to a directory in /var. Erich