Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:56:24 +0200 From: Mark Pearce <mark@netchat.co.za> To: "Marius Kirschner" <marius@agoron.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Possible SPAM] Upgrading Message-ID: <20031211065624.5d066161.mark@netchat.co.za> In-Reply-To: <200312101844.hBAIimPK009285@tao.agoron.com> References: <200312101844.hBAIimPK009285@tao.agoron.com>
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:36:43 -0500 "Marius Kirschner" <marius@agoron.com> wrote: > I need to upgrade my 4.3 box, but haven't done so in a long time. Is > the below still valid? > > cvsup -g -L2 supfile > cd /usr/src > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > make installworld > reboot Hi This is what I would do. cvsup -g -L2 supfile cd /usr/src make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installworld make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL mergemaster -a cp etc/MA* /dev cp release/sysinstall/sysinstall /stand/sysinstall cd /dev sh MAKEDEV all Also take note that you will have to create groups and accounts for the following new system accounts. mailnull smmsp sshd I've done this plenty of times, especially as many of my older pentium machines refuse to boot of any bootdisk/cdrom that is newer than 4.5 RELEASE. Mark
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