Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 23:04:10 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Clarence Brown <clabrown@granitepost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.4 to 4.0 upgrade w/ March 2000 CD's? Message-ID: <20000521230410.M96573@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <000801bfc398$9c8a0700$8c6896d1@granitepost.com>; from clabrown@granitepost.com on Sun, May 21, 2000 at 10:51:20PM -0400 References: <000801bfc398$9c8a0700$8c6896d1@granitepost.com>
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On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 10:51:20PM -0400, Clarence Brown wrote: > I've got a 3.4 system installed and working on my network which I'd like to > upgrade to 4.0. I've got the subscription CD'd for FreeBSD 4.0 March 2000. > The machine is not a "heavily" used server, more of a test bed, but it is > configured and running on my network, with SAMBA, KDE word perfect, > netscape. I've got the 4.0 disk set and would like to upgrade. > > The pamphlet in the CD BOX is basically the same one that has come in every > other CD w/ no special upgrade instructions. To paraphrase it, the CD > upgrade is brute force. I've seen messages that talk about a file > /usr/src/UPDATING as being a must read or something because of "gotch ya's" > when upgrading, but can't find that file. That file is for upgrading from 3.4 to 4.0 via source code, not by installing binaries from CD. > Are there any 3.X to 4.0 upgrade instructions or tutorials for dummies? I > really don't have a lot of time to figure everything out, but would like to > start working with 4.0. Did any of the /etc configuration files or > directories change from 3.4 to 4.0? I would bet they did. You can use the 'Upgrade' choice in sysinstall to add all of the new binaries. Then, if you want to update /etc-type files, install the source code from the CD and then run 'mergemaster.' It will walk you through updating config files. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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