From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 12:49:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA0137B401 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:49:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03.attbi.com [204.127.202.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199BB43E75 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:49:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ukla@attbi.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([24.130.182.29]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021029204902.NJRS25411.sccrmhc03.attbi.com@[192.168.1.100]> for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:49:02 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.2509 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:49:02 -0800 Subject: Re: Yes, but how do I upgrade? From: Steve Warwick To: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <3DBEF109.7090200@owt.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmmm, if as Kent mentions, there are many changes since 4.3, perhaps a better solution would be to reverse the process. Build an entirely new OS from 4.7 and then move all the "personal/client" files into that? Thoughts? Steve > Doug Poland wrote: >> Steve Wingate said: >> >>>> From: Steve Warwick >>>> Date: 2002/10/29 Tue PM 03:10:44 EST >>>> Subject: Yes, but how do I upgrade? >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I have a 4.3 BSD machine to upgrade, and it's a production >>>> machine :( >>>> >>>> Ok, got that, but how do I upgrade? >>>> >>> >>> Theoretically, it CAN be as simple as >>> 1. cvsup -h cvsup1.freebsd.org >>> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile 2. cd /usr/src >>> 3. make world >>> 4. make kernel KERNCONF=yourkernelfile >>> 5. mergemaster >>> 6. reboot >>> >> >> Wouldn't a prudent person include: >> 4.5 make installkernel KERNCONF=yourkernelfile >> 4.6 make installworld >> > > There are a number of changes going from 4.3 to 4.7. The install > problem because smmsp is missing from group and passwd is one of them > that is covered in /usr/src/UPDATING. A "make world" won't work > because of this. > > I also strongly believe in the reboot to single user mode before the > installworld. > > If the system hasn't been updated since 4.3, the installed ports are > probably a year out of date. > > Kent To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message