Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:15:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us (David Knapp) Cc: kline@tera.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: from 2.2.8 to 3.2 with the 4CD set... Message-ID: <199906292015.NAA15814@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <3778FD27.AA52DAB0@luciamar.k12.ca.us> from David Knapp at "Jun 29, 99 10:06:47 am"
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According to David Knapp: > search the archives for freebsd-stable, there is/was a recent thread > there about a similar question. > the thread is called 2.2.8->3.2 woes. - here is a helpful message from > someone who knows more than I do Thanks for the pointers. I *was* sub'd to -stable come to think of it;that must've gotten dropped when we had network problems. ... > > Quoting Tenacious (tMind@bigfoot.com): > > I have a 2.2.7-release now and I want to upgrade to 3.2-stable. Anywhere I > > can find step by step documentation? Or if you can show me the way. > I'd suggest the following steps: > 1. install mergemaster from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/mergemaster) > 2. Read through the mergemaster man page. > 3. print out the following "excellent" documents from the web: > A. http://www.ucb.crimea.ua/~ru/FreeBSD/30upgrade.html > (Upgrading to FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE by Ruslan Ermilov) > B. > http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html > ("Making the world" your own by Nik Clayton) > 4. Get comfortable and read through the above documents > 5. Read through /usr/src/Makefile > 6. Relax and "get your mind right son" #:^) because > you're about to perform the following upgrade: > 2.2.7-release -> 2.2.8-stable > 2.2.8-stable -> 3.2-stable > > When you're finished bask in the glow of a job well done ... > Didn't know about ru's page until now; it looks good. Like an extension of Nik's great documentation. ...Almost set to drop in the 3.2 CD. BUt before I do, I'll check out the -stable upgrade thread. *gulp* gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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