From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 1 21:04:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E8716A405 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:04:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dghatikachalam@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B894013C4A3 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:04:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dghatikachalam@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so655271wxc for ; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:04:51 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=oSaDc2WqXj5/TD4J9Ds1uflPnQhY5tcTi/PHS+bfoFq0NuYnorNQNsXq700wBJSciXkj7NfjWKxRSzQfXHSd5alGJO20p3DLIf53kxECfmiRCsBPy9UfRqkOa7e3ARsuBz+eIIqO6CeXq4K42IVYjbS9km421H/yZDrFk780aKI= Received: by 10.70.65.8 with SMTP id n8mr4581144wxa.1170363891172; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:04:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.52.12 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:04:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:04:50 -0500 From: "Dak Ghatikachalam" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <001201c74188$503d97c0$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> <45BA655F.7060606@mikestammer.com> <45BA68F6.30809@mikestammer.com> <45BB6654.6040107@mikestammer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:04:54 -0000 On 2/1/07, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > > On 1/27/07, Eric wrote: > > > > Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 1/26/07, *Eric* > > > wrote: > > > > > > Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/26/07, *Eric* > > > > > > >> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Halid Faith wrote: > > > > > I have a machine 6.0-RELEASE. How do I upgrade it to > > > Freebsd6.2 > > > > without any problem? > > > > > Could you advise a useful site about that ? > > > > > After upgrade, May a problem like cannot login the system > > > be ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > people seem to like my instruction set: > > > > > > > > http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/bsd:updateos > > > > > > > > > > > > no issues reported yet! =) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I could not access ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Permission Denied > > > > > > > > Sorry, you don't have enough rights to continue. Perhaps you > > > forgot to > > > > login? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sorry about that, give it a whirl now > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I browsed the page understood most part , I happened to read > > > theupgrade chapter in release notes, but I remember someone on this > > > list also mentioned to read from handbook, could not find that > > > > > > BTW: Does this upgrade procedure apply and can it be used to go from > > > > > 6.1 to 6.2 freeBSD too ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > DAk > > yes, it will work from any version of 6 and up. It should work fine in 7 > > unless the technique changes for some reason. > > > > Hope it helps you! =) > > > > Eric > > > > This worked great but on mergemaster -cv in single user , at one point > it asked me these questions , I got nervous and puzzled > > Use 'd' to delete the temporary ."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > Use 'i' to install the temporary ."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > Use 'm' to merge the temporary and installed versions > Use 'v' to view the diff results again > > # xxx refers to path for config files, I running on default freebsd mode > and did not made any change > > I just presses ENTER key the default ( because it advised to be left for > later consideration" > > DO I just not bother any more. Please also advise if you have anything like this to perform complete update in /usr/ports, I think I may have to use portupgrade or portinstall command Thanks > Dak > >