Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:38:14 -0600 (MDT) From: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> To: Neal Koss <nkoss@dr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010091235430.2578-100000@inconnu.isu.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20001008185453.034aa3c0@mail.pv1.ca.home.com>
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FYI, you can use dd from a *nix system (ie your old FreeBSD) to write the floppies... dd if=mfsroot.flp of=/dev/fd0 On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Neal Koss wrote: > At 01:09 PM 10/7/2000 -0400, you wrote: > > > > Why not simply explain the nuts and bolts of doing a > > > binary upgrade? That was the original point of this > > > matter. > > > >I think the original poster wanted to know how to use a CD-ROM image to > >upgrade from source. I've checked the books, and they only talk about > >upgrading through a network. Perhaps they assume, that anyone with the > >CD-ROM would use stand/sysinstall. Can you upgrade from the sources > >included on a the install CD-ROM?? If so, ho would one do that?? > > > > The original poster was ME and wwhat I was asking was for more specifics on > how to do a binary upgrade from the CD-ROM. I was confused about the use of > /stand/sysinstall because of the warning about not using the prior version > for the upgrade. What I have since learned is that what you do is: > > 1. Make the 2 floppies using the files on the /floppies directory of the > NEW version. 'fdimage.exe' is in the 'tools' subdirectory on the ftp site > fdimage kern.flp a: > fdimage mfsroot.flp a: > > 2. Boot using the 'kern' floppy and it will tell you when to put in the > 'mfsroot' floppy > > 3. The 'sysinstall' (NEW version) will come up on the screen eventually!!! > Choose UPGRADE and proceed.... > > Once I found this out, I could follow the rest of the install/upgrade > sequence, but I gotta say that nowhere in the docs does it tell you that > the NEW sysinstall is buried inside the floppies. That was just a guess on > my part. > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Neal Koss, MD nkoss@dr.com Eudora Pro 5.0 > http://www.healinx.com/doc/kossmd > > http://www.checkthegrid.com > Before you go to the movies...Check The Grid! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FINE, I take it back: UNfuck you! Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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