Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:49:56 -0600 From: jogorman@worldmediaco.com (WMC, O'Gorman, James) To: Andrew Reilly <areilly@nsw.bigpond.net.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: src/UPDATING for RELENG_3 to RELENG_4 upgrade works. Message-ID: <38DA4B34.179C6AD1@elwood.net> References: <20000323231057.A27794@gurney.reilly.home>
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Andrew Reilly wrote: > > I just thought I'd drop a thank-you note to the relevant gurus. > Previous major-number upgrades I've done have always been by binary > installation of the base distribution, but this time (mostly on > the strength of Jordan's enthusiasm) I thought I'd give the source > upgrade route a go. I cvsupped RELENG_4 (and the internat crypto > stuff), and followed the directions in UPDATING. Everything seems > to have gone beautifully. Even the switch from wd to ad drives. I have to second that. I upgraded last night as well, and really I do not see what all the fuss is about. I first installed a new GENERIC and booted off that, then when that was done, I installed my custom kernel. Things went great. And there is alot of improvment, boot times are great now. The one and only problem that I have had that I have not fixed yet is with xdm. I had started it from rc.local before, but now when rc.local starts is, the keyboard will not interact with it. If I comment out that line, boot up normal and log in as root and then start xdm things are fine. I have not put any effort into fixing it yet, so I am sure it is something simple I am missing. All in all, I have thank all members of the FreeBSD team for making a upgrade via-source path that is quick, painless and works. Great job. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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