Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:57:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.4 Message-ID: <20021014145702.GA49638@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20021014124331.GD364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <3DAA9E8A.5040300@dif.um.es> <20021014113506.GB47706@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20021014121746.GC364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021014122929.GA48894@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20021014124331.GD364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 02:43:31PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk / 2002-10-14 13:29:29 +0100: > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 02:17:47PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > # m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk / 2002-10-14 12:35:06 +0100: > > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 12:38:02PM +0200, Rafa Mar=EDn L=F3pez wrot= e: > > > > > Where could I get FreeBSD 3.4? > > > >=20 > > > > http://www.freebsdmirrors.org/FBSDsites.php3?showi386ISO=3Ddo > > > > http://www.freebsdmirrors.org/FBSDsites.php3?release=3D3.4-RELE= ASE > > >=20 > > > how about the CVS repository? does it not go that far back? > >=20 > > Sure it does and you can grab the RELENG_3 or RELENG_3_4_0_RELEASE > > sources as easily as you can grab any other tag or branch. However > > you've got to start somewhere before you start cvsup'ing to specific > > versions. I think it would be significantly non-trivial to start with > > a contemporary version of FreeBSD and downgrade to 3.4 via > > cvsup+buildworld. >=20 > right. how about the release target, wouldn't it help here?=20 > I haven't made release yet, so I might be talking outta my ass here. > just curious. That may well be possible, but then I have precisely as much experience of building releases as you do, so I can't really say. Remember though that this would be the 'make release' from FreeBSD 3.4 which came out about 3 years ago now, back in the era before the 'make buildworld' process started by building the compilation tools it needed, instead just relying on the ones installed as part of the system. Easiest method to bring up a box running 3.4 is to get hold of (buy, burn isos) a 3.4 CD set. Failing that, get hold of a CD set for a similar version, in this case, 3.5.1, install that and then use cvsup to grab the 3.4 sources and {build,install}world to downgrade. Remember, at that time there was no "new" kernel build method. You had to: cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf config YOURKERNEL cd ../../compile/YOURKERNEL make depend make make install to build and install a new kernel. As you say, you could then 'make release' and generate 3.4 isos if you had a whole bunch of machines to downgrade to 3.4. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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