Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 10:57:06 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading - one more time please Message-ID: <377665F2.9E60992B@3-cities.com> References: <199906270942.LAA15120@ceia.nordier.com>
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Robert Nordier wrote: > > > I've got a machine running 2.2.7-STABLE which I want to upgrade to > > the current -STABLE. I also want the full repository. > > I have a 3.1-RELEASE CD, so I can grab its repository, cvsup, and > > pull out the latest -STABLE sources. > > > > Then, according to Jordan's post, I just go 'make upgrade' and build a > > new kernel, but according to Mike's post it might not work, according > > to other people I might have to upgrade first to 2.2.8 and/or do or not > > do lots of other hoop jumping. Then I look at Ruslan Ermilov's nice > > tutorial for 3.0-STABLE and it's telling a whole different story again. > > And there was some murmuring about "installing new boot blocks" a while > > ago but I don't recall seeing an explanation of what exactly one has to > > do. I wonder what else I've forgotten and where it might be written > > down. > > We did a number of 2.2.1R to 3.2R upgrades here recently. Probably > the simplest approach is to use your 3.1R CD-ROM and install over > the existing files in "upgrade" mode, preferably after backing up > at least your own files. The 3.1R binaries should then have little > or no difficult doing a "make world" on the -stable sources, once > you have them. You want to do this from a floppy boot. At 3.1 the boot became too large for a single floppy and you have two to create. The bootblocks are upgraded at the same time when you do the sysinstall upgrade from the floppy. The upgrade to 3.2-stable is also a big step. The structure of files such as rc.conf changed with the base file in /etc/defaults and then incremental changes in /etc. Device names changed and there are new devices that may need to be created. Mergemaster makes the 3.1-release to 3.2-stable upgrade much easier. Kent > > Regarding the boot blocks: if you get an error message when rebooting > 3.1R, type in > > /boot/loader > > at the "boot: " prompt and the machine should boot. Thereafter, you > can do a > > disklabel -B wd0 > > (or equivalent) to install the new boot blocks. > > -- > Robert Nordier > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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