Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:01:02 +0100 From: Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <b41c75520511090501nbef3235j@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1EZp9T-0008i7-Kg@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <E1EZp9T-0008i7-Kg@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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> usually when I upgrade across major versions of BSD I wipe the whole > machine and re--install from scratch. But I understand that the move > to 6.0 from 5.4 is nowhere near such a big leap. > > So I was wondering hether I could just do this from source without any > ill effects, as if I was upgrading 5.4->5.5. I have nnever tried this bef= ore > though, and was wondering if there are any major pitfalls (i.e. is it act= ually > a really bad idea?) The easiest would be to 1. cvsup to RELENG_6 (or RELENG_6_0) 2. cd /usr/src 3. make buildworld 4. make buildkernel 5. make installkernel 6. mergemaster -p 7. reboot into single-usermode and verify your new kernel works 8. mount -a 9. make installworld 10. mergemaster 11. reboot All described in /usr/src/Makefile (and the handbook). You may need to reinstall some apps, but most should work with compat5x in place. regards Claus
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