From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 20:11:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B7641065670 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:11:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ryan@The-IRC.Org) Received: from Eden.The-IRC.Org (Eden.The-IRC.Org [66.252.7.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D7C8FC29 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:11:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ryan@The-IRC.Org) Received: from s010600132017788c.ls.shawcable.net ([24.109.99.236] helo=rds22612f8a7fe) by Eden.The-IRC.Org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JY5Nz-000Gea-EU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:11:15 -0600 From: "The-IRC Hosting Administration Team" To: References: <47C8AB02.3000305@splitstreams.com> <47D2ED98.5090406@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <47D2ED98.5090406@crackmonkey.us> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 15:11:16 -0500 Message-ID: <08f801c88158$913c9170$b3b5b450$@Org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AciBVwoAkB5oG8v2Sm2y+0FANiZ9GwAADXrg Content-language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - Eden.The-IRC.Org X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [26 6] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - The-IRC.Org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: RE: Upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0 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: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:11:18 -0000 There is nothing wrong with obtaining the source code of 7.X and doing a full recompile to upgrade your version sanely. Just use a cvsup file like this and run it with cvsup -g -L 2 cvs-supfile *default host=cvsup4.us.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete *default compress *default use-rel-suffix src-all After you've obtained the new sourcecode do the following. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). `make buildworld' `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). `mergemaster -p' `make installworld' `mergemaster' `reboot' -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Adam J Richardson Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 2:49 PM To: Jay Deiman Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0 Jay Deiman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a couple of 6.2 machines that I would like to upgrade to the 7.0 > release. Is there an "official" set of instructions for this process? > > Thanks, > > Jay Deiman Hi Jay, This isn't a recommendation or anything, but I did manage to upgrade one of my boxes from 6.3-SOMETHING to 7.0-BETA4 using the standard make {build{world,kernel},install{kernel,world}} process. I didn't have any problems with it, but it's not a supported method, so only do this if you're a crazy like me with no regard for his data. Actually you're probably best off backing up all your data and doing a clean install. Since I'm a crazy with no regard for his data, I'm doing it again tonight, this time to 7.0-RELEASE with a GENERIC kernel. I'll let you know how it goes. YMMV #include etc. Regards, Adam J Richardson _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"