Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:29:20 +0100 From: Robin Becker <robin@jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> To: questions@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade Message-ID: <9njeusAQmTa7EwwH@jessikat.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010802115822.mj@isy.liu.se> References: <nlM4eLAs1Ra7Ewyu@jessikat.demon.co.uk> <XFMail.010802115822.mj@isy.liu.se>
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In article <XFMail.010802115822.mj@isy.liu.se>, Micke Josefsson
<mj@isy.liu.se> writes
>> I'm very unsure about the src building mechanism. How do I go about
>> upgrading my system to 4.3 from 4.2? My machine has low bandwidth
>> access and I have /=17M /usr=590M /var=448M space. I have managed to
>> download and burn a 4.3-install iso. It's very attractive for me to keep
>> my existing applications and have a suitable base system for recovery
>> purposes.
>>
>
>I'd mount the 4.3-cdrom and then:
>
>#cd /cdrom/src
>#./install all
.sh
>(this installs the entire 4.3 source tree into /usr/src)
>
>To compile everything:
>#cd /usr/src
>#make world
>(wait, wait...)
>
>#cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
>#/sbin/config GENERIC
>#cd ../../compile/GENERIC
>#make depend && make && make install
>
>(then reboot into your new 4.3)
>
>
>This will turn your box into a 4.3-RELEASE. You may want to cvsup the newer
>sources (this will patch the tree, not intall everything again). cvsup can
>readily be done via modem. When you have new sources then repeat from cd
>/usr/src/ above.
>
>Warning: The instructions for doing this also tells you to run mergemaster
>afterwards. I have not used that yet, it *seems* to be doing fine. But before
>embarking on the trip above do read the handbook on "make world".
>
>/M
This sounds like an excellent approach for me.
I'm just not sure that I have enough space, Chris Hold says I will need
350M for /usr/obj during the make until make world is done. I'm down to
430M and lib src isn't fully extracted :(
If all else fails I can still install completely from the cd.
--
Robin Becker
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