On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 06:18:16PM -0400, nottobay wrote: > I'm new to BSD in general and coming from Linux. I tried pulling the > binaries using the installer and it isn't working for me. Can I use pkg src > to upgrade in place from release to current or do I have to build > everything?
One thing to note about netbsd vs. a typical linux distro, is that there's a separation between the "base" system and the package system. The base system in netbsd is not managed via packages, it's a set of tarballs to unpack in /. You can get -current binaries in https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/ If you are on an amd64 system, fetch an updated kernel and modules at: https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/amd64/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/amd64/binary/sets/modules.tar.xz cp /netbsd /onetbsd for backup reasons gunzip netbsd-GENERIC.gz; cp netbsd-GENERIC /netbsd cd /; tar xJpf /path/to/modules.tar.xz reboot, make sure the new kernel works. Download the rest of the files in: https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/amd64/binary/sets/ Unpack all of them in / ('tar xJpf') except etc.tar.xz. That one will overwrite the passwords file.
