Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:26:59 -0500 From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> To: The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, kstewart@urx.com, Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>, Torben Baecker <torben.b@gmx.net>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New KERNCONF option Message-ID: <20010315232659.G50055@electricjellyfish.net> In-Reply-To: <3AB1930D.B38B78E4@babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:14:05PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103150836050.10995-100000@zoraida.reyes.somos.net> <3AB0C76D.D7FD7322@urx.com> <3AB187C0.88B6D724@babbleon.org> <20010315194351.A8706@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <3AB1930D.B38B78E4@babbleon.org>
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:14:05PM -0500, The Babbler wrote: > Am I reading the wrong section of the handbook? > Should I be reading something else entirely? a full system upgrade (make world, as it's often called) isn't nearly as hard with freebsd as it often is in the linux world. first, use cvsup to download the most recent version of -STABLE, as documented in http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/synching.html, and then carefully follow the directions in http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/makeworld.html. it's really pretty easy. your current setup in /etc will be left alone. after you build and install world, you must run mergemaster, which is a script that will automate the process of updating the files in /etc. since you definately have some files in /etc that you have modified, this is not completely automated, but it walks you through it pretty well. good luck. -- garrett rooney Unix was not designed to stop you from rooneg@electricjellyfish.net doing stupid things, because that would http://electricjellyfish.net/ stop you from doing clever things. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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