Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:56:30 -0500 From: "Corey G." <cgaff@flashcom.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Upgrade procedures Message-ID: <20000731005630.A89962@flashcom.net>
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I am just a little puzzled on the best method for upgrading FreeBSD. For this question I would be most concerned with the latest methods such as an upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1. Would I be correct in saying that burning a CD and using sysinstall would be the correct procedure? I remember seeing a warning somewhere that mentioned sysinstall must be upgraded first before using this method. I may have read it wrong but it sounded this way. If this is true I am unable to find the exact procedure for doing this. I believe it's upgraded when /usr/src is upgraded but I am not entirely sure. Would it be necessary to first cvsup src and rebuild world or should I just use sysinstall to do the upgrade and later upgrade /usr/src? I successfully upgraded using the following steps although they may be somewhat incorrect. 1. did a cvsup of src-all 2. did a make buildworld 3. did a make installworld 4. followed the procedures in the handbook for upgrading /etc and such 5. rebuilt the kernel and rebooted 6. used sysinstall to upgrade the rest of the system If using sysinstall does not upgrade sources will compiling a new kernel still grab the correct source during the compile? Does this look correct? The handbook does not describe this method in such detail. Thanks, -- Best Regards, Corey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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