From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 31 11:14:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFB416A420 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:14:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@digitalc.de) Received: from www9.united-systems.org (delta.dns.wuct.net [81.169.143.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A0913C4A7 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:14:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@digitalc.de) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (p57A7F145.dip.t-dialin.net [87.167.241.69]) by www9.united-systems.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59ECC6A8508; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:04:50 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4727AA8D.2010702@digitalc.de> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:05:01 +0100 From: Christian Neugum User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070819) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <469276.20580.qm@web33711.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <469276.20580.qm@web33711.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jason Slack , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:14:40 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > Hello Jason, > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Jason Slack >> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:25:18 AM >> Subject: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions >> >> Hi All, >> >> I am new to FreeBSD, or want to be. >> >> I have an HP Media center PC that has the Viiv 920-D processor with >> 4GB >> > of >> RAM. I hate Windows, but had to sell my MacBook so my Fiance and >> I >> > could get >> into a new apartment together. >> >> I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am >> not >> > one >> to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from >> the >> > test >> releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do >> you >> > have >> to wipe? >> >> I apologize, but I am from a Solaris environment and then OS X. >> >> Jason >> -- >> "Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with >> people >> > who >> are reckless with yours"........Lehrmann (1997) > > You can always upgrade to a newer FreeBSD version without too much hassle. > > Here are the steps. > > csup your src tree to RELENG_7 > > Then do these steps as root > > #cd /usr/src > #make cleandir > #make cleanworld > #mergemaster -p > #make buildworld > #make buildkernel > #make installkernel > #reboot > #cd /usr/src > #make installworld > #mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't exist and upgrade those that haven't changed. > #reboot > > mergemaster made it very easy to upgrade, thank you Doug! }:) > > Regards, > -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri > Arab Portal > http://www.WeArab.Net/ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" You should also read /usr/src/UPDATING! This file is very important because it contains instructions to upgrade your machine and further information you maybe need. But don't forget to make level 0 dumps from your system before you upgrade it. Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHJ6qMUFlgs4i+HbsRAqGlAJwPjWSXqEnXZQlmclEZEgSjgKAmJwCcCoqp CkNe7Cx6dDoYEE9O8aS42do= =i4iC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----