FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Installation Instructions

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Last modified on 2016-03-14 by gjb.

Abstract

This article gives some brief instructions on installing + FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE and upgrading the systems running earlier + releases.

Table of Contents

1. Installing FreeBSD

2. Upgrading FreeBSD

2.1. Upgrading from Source
2.2. Upgrading Using “FreeBSD Update”

1. Installing FreeBSD

The Installing + FreeBSD + chapter of the FreeBSD + Handbook provides more in-depth information about the + installation program itself, including a guided walk-through with + screenshots.

2. Upgrading FreeBSD

If you are upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, please + read upgrading + section in the Release Notes for notable + incompatibilities carefully.

2.1. Upgrading from Source

The procedure for doing a source code based update is + described in + and + .

For SVN use the releng/10.3 branch + which will be where any upcoming Security Advisories or Errata + Notices will be applied.

2.2. Upgrading Using “FreeBSD Update”

The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary + upgrades of i386 and amd64 systems running + earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running + 9.3-RELEASE, + 10.3-RC[12] can upgrade as follows:

# freebsd-update fetch
+# freebsd-update install

Now the freebsd-update(8) utility can fetch bits + belonging to 10.3-RELEASE. During this process + freebsd-update(8) will ask for help in merging + configuration files.

# freebsd-update upgrade -r 10.3-RELEASE

Due to changes in the way that FreeBSD is packaged on the + release media, two complications may arise in this process if + upgrading from FreeBSD 8.x or 9.x:

The FreeBSD, which previously could appear in either + /boot/kernel or + /boot/GENERIC, now only appears as + /boot/kernel. As a result, any + kernel appearing in /boot/GENERIC + will be deleted. Please carefully read the output printed + by freebsd-update(8) and confirm that an updated + kernel will be placed into + /boot/kernel before proceeding beyond + this point.
The FreeBSD source tree in /usr/src + (if present) will be deleted. (Normally the + freebsd-update(8) utility will update a source tree, + but in this case the changes in release packaging result + in the freebsd-update(8) utility not recognizing that + the source tree from the old release and the source tree + from the new release correspond to the same part of + FreeBSD.)

# freebsd-update install

The system must now be rebooted with the newly installed + kernel before the non-kernel components are updated.

# shutdown -r now

After rebooting, freebsd-update(8) needs to be run + again to install the new userland components:

# freebsd-update install

At this point, users of systems being upgraded from FreeBSD + 9.2-RELEASE or earlier will be prompted by + freebsd-update(8) to rebuild all third-party applications + (e.g., ports installed from the ports tree) due to updates in + system libraries.

After updating installed third-party applications (and + again, only if freebsd-update(8) printed a message + indicating that this was necessary), run + freebsd-update(8) again so that it can delete the old (no + longer used) system libraries:

# freebsd-update install

Finally, reboot into 10.3-RELEASE

# shutdown -r now

All users of FreeBSD 10.3-STABLE should + subscribe to the <stable@FreeBSD.org> + mailing list.