Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:02:40 -0400 From: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> To: Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.0-RELEASE -> 4.1-STABLE.. Message-ID: <39C925F0.51233F40@smartsoft.cc> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009201351540.91882-100000@unix.pciway.com>
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Loren Koss wrote: > So, it looks like you didn't bother merging any files.. Right? That > makes life easier.. Yes! CVSup does that for you as far as I know and it certainly makes life easy. I didn't have any problem performing the procedure as I described. I think I got (at least) one directory wrong though... Sorry, I am one of those weirdo's that does most things on an W2K client and uses human memory... > # chdir /usr/share/cvsup #chdir /usr/share/examples/cvsup (I think that is the correct one) It might take a little while for CVSup to download all the changes (depends mostly on your connection) than next of course you will have to run make world which depends greately on the power of the machine you run it on. It wasn't to bad on my PIII-600 with 128 MB Ram and 18 GB SCSI-3 HD... Don't worry, be Kneppie! Jan > > > Loren Koss > http://www.checkthegrid.com > Before you go to the movies...Check The Grid! > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Jan Knepper wrote: > > > This is basically very simple... > > > > Make sure you've got cvsup. > > If not... > > # chdir /usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin > > # make > > # make install > > > > Update sources and build world: > > # chdir /usr/share/cvsup > > # cvsup 4.x-stable-supfile > > # chdir /usr/src > > # make world > > > > Than build and install the kernel. (Hope you've done that before) > > # cd /sys/i386/conf > > # /usr/sbin/config <your-kernel-config> > > # cd ../../config/<your-kernel-config> > > # make depend > > # make > > # make install > > > > REBOOT. > > > > Now you should be FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #3 > > Did the same thing about 3 days ago... > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Don't worry, be Kneppie! > > Jan > > > > > > > > Loren Koss wrote: > > > > > okay, I followed the directions on freebsddiary.org and got to the "make > > > merge" part.. This is not the most intuitive UI and I basically wanted to > > > know if someone knew which parts specifically I should concentrate on or > > > will be 4.0-RELEASE files just work fine? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Loren Koss > > > http://www.checkthegrid.com > > > Before you go to the movies...Check The Grid! > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Jan Knepper > > Smartsoft, LLC > > 88 Petersburg Road > > Petersburg, NJ 08270 > > U.S.A. > > > > http://www.smartsoft.cc/ > > http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess > > > > Phone : 609-628-4260 > > FAX : 609-628-1267 > > FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ > > > > Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > > > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > > -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> > > > > > > -- Jan Knepper Smartsoft, LLC 88 Petersburg Road Petersburg, NJ 08270 U.S.A. http://www.smartsoft.cc/ http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess Phone : 609-628-4260 FAX : 609-628-1267 FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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