Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:33:13 -0500 From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Greg Nelsen <excalibr@avalon.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from a 3.x stable to a 4.2 stable Message-ID: <01012218331304.05174@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com> In-Reply-To: <3A6C9F8C.3153C1F5@avalon.net> References: <3A6C9F8C.3153C1F5@avalon.net>
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No big deal, but you must have missed: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html You'll want to read the whole chapter and follow it carefully. FreeBSD is an integrated system and you have to upgrade the whole OS along with the kernel. Also see /usr/src/UPDATING that file has the final say. Most people seem to say it is best to upgrade to the newest 3.x stable and from there to 4.2-release or 4.2-stable. That way you get the newest 3.x toolchain and will have the best chance of the upgrade working. Also questions like this belong on freebsd-stable or freebsd-questions. If you're running -stable, it is recommended to be on the -stable mailing list. If your bandwidth is too low, you may have to buy a 4.2 cd or reinstall by another method. The handbook has several methods of doing that that can be gotten to from the main freebsd page. The -questions mailing list can reallt provide a lot of support to someone that is willing to do some of their own work. Tim On Monday January 22, 2001 16:01, Greg Nelsen wrote: > I want to upgrade a clients FreeBSD machine from 3.x stable to a 4.2 > stable remotely. > > 1. Can I do this? (I see that the upgrading from source tutorial is > gone). > > 2. Can I do just the Kernel, or how much of the source tree should I > get or update. > > 2. Can some one point me to comprehensive docs to do this? > > I've installed and secured FreeBSD a few times, customized and > combined some ports, rebuilt the kernel, patched and rebuilt core > binaries for security, but never upgraded kernel (or run cvsup --my > connection here is not very fast). > > Note: I'm not on any mailing lists except the security announce ones, > so you may have to reply to me directly to reach me. > > I really need a competent mentor some where to chat with occasionally > about FreeBSD... I've been working with computers since my mom taught > me to program fortran at age 8 in 1965 --mom was an innovative math > teacher in the public schools.... The university loaned her a key > punch.... I've used UNIX machines for over 10 years, and I've been > pressed into service as a unix system administrator (first on Solaris > then Linux now on FreeBSD) the last two+ years. I've been working > alone here installing, securing, and putting on line, internet > webservers for a couple of small local companies, and it would be > nice to have some competent people to talk to occasionally about this > kind of work; but hey, point me to some documentation. I've read and > experimented my way here. I can read on. > > (I'm a longtime Deadhead with a BS in biology that is heavy on > physics, chemistry and math but without much emphasis on biology.) > > Greg > > excalibr@avalon.net > greg@greggy.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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