Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:17:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Derek Leung <goten@sduteam.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading the Freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422171726.24344v-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <335C0793.A1530B14@sduteam.com>
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On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Derek Leung wrote:
> I just wonder which directory under 2.2.1-RELEASE I should download
> in order to upgrade my 2.1.7 version to 2.2.1? Since in the 2.2.1
> Release have a lot of sub directories, I don't know which one I should
> d/l. Is it all the files under /bin ? Thanks for reply.
You will want to start with /bin, but download whatever you want to
isntall.
FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist for 2.2:
1) Boot the new floppy. Select the 'update' option. Follow the prompts.
Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them. Select the same
distributions you did originally (including the kernel source, src/ssys!)
and any you wish to add.
**WARNING!** Do **NOT** upgrade XFree86 at this time. The binary distributed
with 2.2 is built for 3.0-CURRENT, which has longer usernames. It will
corrupt your utmp file, which will cause w, who, and associated utils to give
odd output. If you have dire need to upgrade, you will want to rebuild
xdm and xterm, and probably the whole package, before using it.
2) Hit 'commit' to start the upgrade.
3) When you're dumped to a shell prompt:
. Your /etc directory is preserved as it was for 2.1.x. You will
want to look in /etc/upgrade, which contains new & updated files
for this release.
. Using your old sysconfig as a guide, create a new sysconfig using
the one in /etc/upgrade as a template.
. Copy over the rc* files from upgrade/, so new features in
sysconfig are used. Merge in any local changes, if necessary.
If you are getting unusual messages from ipx, you forgot to do
this.
. Migrate other files as necessary.
5) Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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