On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:53, Bakul Shah wrote: > > o can i just do the normal upgrade as described in UPDATING > > (cvsup, buildworld, kernel, installworld, ...) from 4.9 to > > 5.2RC in one leap? > > Recently I updated a new Dell desktop from 4.9 to 5.x by > following /usr/src/UPDATING exactly. In particular I did: > > mv /usr/src usr/src-4.9 > mv /usr/obj/usr/src /usr/obj/usr/src-4.9 > cvsup > make buildworld buildkernel installkernel > cp -p /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints Believe he means /usr/src/sys/... > cd /sys/boot; make install same > reboot > <hit a key to interrupt the countdown after the kernel is loaded> > boot -s > mount -u / > mount -a > adjkerntz -i > mergemaster -p > rm -rf /usr/include/g++ cd /usr/src > make installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > You can boot your old kernel if the first reboot fails. You > are pretty much commited to running -current after the > installworld so there is not much point in saving /usr/src as > I did. But make sure you are aware of -current changes and > where to find things in case something goes wrong. Having > another freebsd machine nearby would be handy. > > ACPI gave me trouble so I just disabled it. This is one > thing worth knowing. From the boot loader, and before you do > boot -s, you can do > set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 > If that solves your problem, don't forget to add > hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" > in /boot/device.hints. There are finer grained knobs you > can play with. > > > o is 5.2RC a good compromise choice? > > Probably. If you happen to cvsup -current in the middle of > some major commit or breakage you can be in serious trouble. > At least for upgrade purposes -current seem to be reasonably > stable these days. Even so, after cvsupping I watched the > -current and cvs lists for a while for signs of problems > before attempting the above. Just unpack 5.2rc sources in > /usr/src and follow the same sequence. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" -- Ryan "leadZERO" Sommers Gamer's Impact President ryans_at_gamersimpact.com ICQ: 1019590 AIM/MSN: leadZERO -= http://www.gamersimpact.com =-Received on Mon Dec 29 2003 - 09:05:49 UTC
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