Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:21:21 -0400 From: Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: getting a current system Message-ID: <1082074881.12893.13.camel@morpheus>
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I've been trying to get an up-to-date FreeBSD system running for the past 2 weeks, but keep running into problems. I've tried both 5.2.1 and 4.9 (with 4.9 giving me more problems believe it or not). I'm pretty sure I followed the steps in the handbook correctly, but I might be wrong. Basically, I'd like to verify that I am doing this correctly. Right after a fresh install I have been doing: - Editing supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. Specifically, the doc-supfile, ports-supfile and (stable-supfile for 4.9 and standard-supfile for 5.2.1). Changed the CVS host and the default base to /usr/local/etc/cvsup - Ran 'cvsup -g -L 2 SUPFILE' for the supfiles above that were edited. - Created /etc/make.conf with simple flags: CPUTYPE=athlon-xp CFLAGS=-O -pipe MAKE_SHELL=sh NOPROFILE=true - Ran 'mergemaster -p' to check if any config changes are needed before running 'make buildworld' - cd /usr/src && make -j4 buildworld - make buildkernel (for now I have just used the GENERIC until I get this all working) - make installkernel - Reboot to single-user mode - make installworld - mergemaster Is this all that is needed to update the system? 4.9 gave me the most problems during and after the above steps. I am really determined to get this working, despite all the problems I am having. A fresh install of 5.2.1 has just finished, so I am gonna try this again (hopefully with the help of you guys). Thanks, Aaron -- Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com> http://ka0ttic.dyndns.org/
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