Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 19:05:02 -0700 From: Neal Koss <nkoss@dr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20001008185453.034aa3c0@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <v03130301b604be8b2ae5@[209.150.34.20]> References: <5.0.0.25.2.20001006173557.034799d0@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> <20001006150142.A15724@athena.sea.tera.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001006143945.034a5410@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001005165319.034a9460@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001005165319.034a9460@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001005225521.0387d080@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> <39DD76D4.FE1A5251@urx.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001006110116.034a60f0@mail.pv1.ca.home.com> <20001006191629.G252@parish> <39DE2154.F82940D7@urx.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001006143945.034a5410@mail.pv1.ca.home.com>
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At 01:09 PM 10/7/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> > Why not simply explain the nuts and bolts of doing a
> > binary upgrade? That was the original point of this
> > matter.
>
>I think the original poster wanted to know how to use a CD-ROM image to
>upgrade from source. I've checked the books, and they only talk about
>upgrading through a network. Perhaps they assume, that anyone with the
>CD-ROM would use stand/sysinstall. Can you upgrade from the sources
>included on a the install CD-ROM?? If so, ho would one do that??
>
The original poster was ME and wwhat I was asking was for more specifics on
how to do a binary upgrade from the CD-ROM. I was confused about the use of
/stand/sysinstall because of the warning about not using the prior version
for the upgrade. What I have since learned is that what you do is:
1. Make the 2 floppies using the files on the /floppies directory of the
NEW version. 'fdimage.exe' is in the 'tools' subdirectory on the ftp site
fdimage kern.flp a:
fdimage mfsroot.flp a:
2. Boot using the 'kern' floppy and it will tell you when to put in the
'mfsroot' floppy
3. The 'sysinstall' (NEW version) will come up on the screen eventually!!!
Choose UPGRADE and proceed....
Once I found this out, I could follow the rest of the install/upgrade
sequence, but I gotta say that nowhere in the docs does it tell you that
the NEW sysinstall is buried inside the floppies. That was just a guess on
my part.
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