From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 01:58:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE918106564A for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 01:58:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B4C98FC13 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 01:58:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so3662004bwz.13 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 18:58:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.20.147 with SMTP id f19mr3440781bkb.163.1305856713185; Thu, 19 May 2011 18:58:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.72.82 with HTTP; Thu, 19 May 2011 18:58:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110519230402.faa010bd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110504142626.539c2b6f@scorpio> <4DC1CA49.8060801@onetel.com> <20110504181106.4ea5b8e7@scorpio> <20110519224049.a97c15fa.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110519230402.faa010bd.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Chris Brennan Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:58:13 -0400 Message-ID: To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: A possibly odd upgrade question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 01:58:34 -0000 On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Polytropon wrote: Yes, the recommended order. :-) > > First, update your ports/ and src/ trees (e. g. using portsnap > and csup), then compile and install. You don't need any tools > provided by ports for this task. After you've started your > "new" system, install the additional software you need. > > Mentioning the shell was good: In case you remove bash from > the system, it may cause trouble when a shell is requested > for a user that is not there (the shell), as bash is not part > of the base system. Still it seems that you'll do most of > the work mentioned in the above paragraph as root, you will > use root's default shell (which is csh) anyway. > One last question ... hopefully lol. am I going to run into any issues w/ the default fbsd6 layout? [root@Ziggy [~]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a 496M 328M 128M 72% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/ad0s1e 496M 234K 456M 0% /tmp /dev/ad0s1f 33G 5.7G 25G 19% /usr /dev/ad0s1d 1.3G 1.0G 226M 82% /var /dev/ad1s1d 54G 8.9G 41G 18% /usr/home /dev/ad6s1 74G 61G 13G 82% /mnt/music linprocfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc [root@Ziggy [~]# What I think I failed to previously mention is that this machine started out with fbsd6.x, was upgraded many times from 6x though 7.1 where it fell into disuse. With my recent repurpose of this box ... I'm concerned that it might be a moot point if base won't fit on rot root slice. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?