Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:04:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com, fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.2.8->3.0 upgrade Message-ID: <19981231120455.I32696@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812301957210.299-100000@nyc-ny76-28.ix.netcom.com>; from Spike Gronim on Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 08:01:53PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812301957210.299-100000@nyc-ny76-28.ix.netcom.com>
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On Wednesday, 30 December 1998 at 20:01:53 -0500, Spike Gronim wrote: > > I am planning on upgrading to 3.0 when it goes stable on Jan 15. I am > running 2.2.8-STABLE and I have some questions regarding the upgrade. Then subscribe to FreeBSD-current. This isn't optional. > 1. How do I compile an ELF kernel? You first need an ELF world. There are instructions at the top of /usr/src/Makefile. > How do I install the new boot loader? # disklabel -B da0 (or whatever your system disk is) > 2. Will all the ports work with an ELF system? Most of them. Some are marked as ``broken for ELF'' > Will my already installed ports work with ELF? They should do. > Most importantly, will XFree86 3.3.3 compiled on a 2.2.8 system work > with ELF? Yes. > Will StarOffice 4.0 work with ELF? I don't know. I didn't think StarOffice worked too well on anything. WordPerfect 8.0 works with ELF. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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