From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 16 13: 5:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA6B37B58C for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:05:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from beemern@ksu.edu) Received: from skygod.cns.ksu.edu (skygod.cns.ksu.edu [129.130.61.25]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F354132EB for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:04:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from ksu.edu ([129.130.61.24]) by skygod.cns.ksu.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id PAA13199 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:41:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from beemern@ksu.edu) Message-ID: <38AB11BB.86E22642@ksu.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:08:11 -0600 From: nathan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Upgrading to 4.0 FYI (RE Cvsup / Installworld Help) References: <200002091950.LAA00645@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> <20000209232223.A66918@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i JUST upgraded my 3.4 system to 4.0 and i followed the instructions given to me in the following email from Ruslan Ermilov. maybe it'll help! it was CC'd to -current list so didn't appear here... everything worked like a charm for me.. although don't forget to remake all your devices after the upgrade with something like the following maybe (courtesy Sean O'Connell) ( 1) mv /dev /dev_3.4 2) mkdir /dev 3) cd /dev 4) cp /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV . cp /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV.local . 5) sh MAKEDEV all Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > [Redirected to -current] > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:49:30AM -0800, Cy Schubert wrote: > > Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 3.4-stable to 4.0-current from source. > > When I installed -current on my testbed I got a number of sig 12's > > (SIGSYS), e.g. fix one, reiterate, fix the next one, etc., that I > > finally gave up and installed 4.0-current from snapshot. > > > > The reason for asking is that I'm installing a console server in > > Vancouver, a 30 minute flight by helijet from Victoria. My options are > > to install -stable and subsequently install 4.1 from source, negating > > the requirement to travel to Vancouver to perform the installation, or > > install from CDROM or FTP requiring console access. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > Without providing any in-depth details: > > 0. `uname -r' returns 3.x > 1. make buildworld > 2. make buildkernel > 3. make installkernel > 4. reboot with new kernel in signle-user mode > 5. make -DNOINFO installworld > 6. make buildkernel installkernel (again) > 7. make installworld (again, without -DNOINFO) > > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the > ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, > ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, > +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message