Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:14:50 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build -current and install to empty slice? Message-ID: <20030117231450.A441C5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:40:43 PST." <3E28785B.4040207@pantherdragon.org>
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:40:43 -0800 > From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > > I'd like to try out -current, however I'm not willing to clobber by working > 4.7 install. How do build -current on 4.7p3 away from my RELENG_4_7 source, > then install to a seperate, pre-partitioned slice? > > Is it ok to create the filesystems with 4.7p3's newfs? > > Also, how do I cvsup a developer preview? To answer the last question first, The developers previews are old and crufty compared to RC3. To get close to that, specify a tag of RELENG_5_0 to get close. The actual RC3 ISO images were just a snapshot of the tree at some point in time, not anything that is tagged. RELENG_5_0 is the code that is intended to be in 5.0-Release and has a number of fixes that were added after RC3 came out, but it's as close as you are likely to get. Changes to RELENG_5_0 are very controlled, so anything in that branch is likely to be a bit more stable or more complete than what was on the RC3 CDs. The first question is a bit tougher. The easiest technique is to use a separate disk. I assume that you don't want/can't do this. In that case, I'd download the RC3 ISO images and burn the CDs. Then just boot it and install in a different slice. If you want you personal file to be available, mount the partition they are in on the V5 system and make a softlink to your home directory there. Building on another partition might be a bit tricky. You might just create a new slice and copy your 4.7r3 slice to it. Then boot it and cvsup RELENG_5_0 and follow the upgrade instructions. If you make the new slice the same size as the existing 4.7 slice, you can use dd to copy it very easily. I did see a fairly detailed post on how to do this about a month ago. You might want to check the archives. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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