Date: 10 Sep 1998 23:21:52 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Co=EFdan?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-Release suggestions Message-ID: <xzpzpc73bpr.fsf@hel.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Studded's message of "Wed, 09 Sep 1998 14:47:07 -0700" References: <35F6F75B.89C97D48@dal.net>
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Studded <Studded@dal.net> writes: > The other issue that I think is important is having some *detailed*, > step-by-step instructions available on the web page for people who will > be moving from 2.2.x to 3.0-Beta. Ouch. It will vary wildly depending on which 2.2.x you're running. If you're running stock 2.2.6 or earlier, you'll have to go through the slice renaming, and in any case you'll have to go through E-day and C-day and probably a few other flag days I've forgotten. Basically, it will involve getting the source and running 'make aout-to-elf', but there may be any number of additional steps required; fixing your /etc/fstab if you're pre-2.2.7, customizing /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERICupgrade to get a working kernel after the ELF conversion, etc... After 'make aout-to-elf' reboots, you'll have to drop into single-user mode and pull in a fresh /etc from /usr/src/etc, then merge in whatever local changes are required (at the very least rc.conf). You'll probably want to copy /usr/src/etc/make.conf to /etc and customize *before* building so you have all the knobs and dials, since 3.x has a few that 2.2.x doesn't. Hmm... I don't have anything scheduled for this weekend... If enough people are interested and nag me, I'll try a few conversion runs on my scratch box and write up a Daemon News article about it or something :) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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