Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:36:52 -0200 From: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi <lenzi.sergio@gmail.com> To: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> Cc: weif@weif.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue upgrading to 7.4, looking for guidance Message-ID: <1296506212.5414.12.camel@z6000.lenzinote> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimt_-ZhgMGr7XV4gzx553VRLJew5yDzma4VMpad@mail.gmail.com> References: <84r5bz13ai.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <AANLkTimt_-ZhgMGr7XV4gzx553VRLJew5yDzma4VMpad@mail.gmail.com>
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For me I used a "quick and dirty" solution for upgrade 1) build a machine (or a virtual one...) with the freebsd version you want, for example=8.2 cvsup the kernel in /usr/src 2) export KERNCONF=xxxxxx the name of the kernel config file you want to build 3) cd /usr/src;make buildworld buildkernel 4) mkdir /tmp/dist 5) export DESTDIR=/tmp/dist 6) make installworld installkernel 7) (cd /tmp/dist;tar cvzf - * ) > /tmp/newsystem.tar.gz 8) move the newsystem.tar.gz to the machine you want to upgrade 9) /rescue/tar -xpvf newsystem.tar.gz -C / the system will not respond to comands any more because of rewrite of almost all libs... so the solution is fastboot When the system comes up, it shows the release you built from this way you can go from 7.0 to 8.2 in one single step. for me it worked in internet all times but, you are warned: use at you own risk... Sergio
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