Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:21:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Devon@Jovi.Net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: binary upgrade 4.2 to 4.6 Message-ID: <200207022121.g62LLrj9001673@grant.org>
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How do I upgrade from 4.2 to 4.6 without sources? It's my NAT router with no room for sources. Where can I obtain the 4.6 version of the /stand/sysinstall program which is alleged to automatically do the right thing? What files and where do I get 'em in order to make a new kernel from my old /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/... and other customizations? Cheers --Devon /~\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Help Cure HTML Mail / \ PS: My attempts so far I manually downloaded and installed 4.6-RELEASE/bin/* and ran ./install.sh which evidently replaced files in / /bin /boot /dev /etc /mnt /modules /proc /root /sbin /tmp /usr /var which I presume to guess might be the "base distribution" of FreeBSD but for the curious contradiction that /stand/sysinstall is not there. I braved scary warnings from /stand/sysinstall that I should use the 4.6 version of sysinstall but no clue where to get it so I used a 4.4 copy which I got from another FreeBSD box I also manage. As I suspected, packet spy reveals sysinstall FTP's 4.4 not 4.6 [Only the main site worked, FTP mirrors had nothing useful.] USER ftp 220 ftp.beastie.tdk.net FTP server (Version 6.00LS) ready. 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. PASS root@my.router.at.home 230- The FreeBSD mirror at Tele Danmark Internet. 230- 230- Contact: beastie@tdk.net 230- 230- Use wisely. 230- 230- #################################################################### 230- 230- Please check the below URL to see if you have a closer mirror, 230- especially during releases of new versions of FreeBSD, the load 230- on this server can be quite high, and it's likely that you will 230- get better transfer rates from your local mirror. 230- 230- <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html>; 230- 230- Specifically should all mirrors not mirroring directly from the master 230- repository choose a different host than this to mirror from, for the 230- reasons mentioned above, I should also add that all tier 1 mirrors have 230- exactly the same access to the master repository as ftp.FreeBSD.org 230- 230- #################################################################### 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. TYPE I 6200 Type set to I. CWD / 250 CWD command successful. CWD 4.4-RELEASE 550 4.4-RELEASE: No such file or directory. CWD / 250 CWD command successful. CWD releases/i386 550 releases/i386: No such file or directory . CWD snapshots/i386 550 snapshots/i386: No such file or directory. CWD pub/FreeBSD 250 CWD command successful. CWD 4.4-RELEASE 550 4.4-RELEASE: No such file or directory. CWD / 250 CWD command successful. CWD pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386 250 CWD command successful. CWD 4.4-RELEASE 250 CWD command successful. PASV 227 Entering!Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,201,11) RETR manpages/manpages.inf 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'manpages/manpages.inf' (755 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,201,24) RETR manpages/manpages.aa 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'manpages/manpages.aa' (240640 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,201,114) RETR manpages/manpages.ab [...] RETR manpages/manpages.az 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'manpages/manpages.az' (92675 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 421 Timeout (60 seconds): closing control connection. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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