In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ruslan Ermilov 
writes:
> [Redirected to -current]
> 
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:49:30AM -0800, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 3.4-stable to 4.0-current from source.  
> > When I installed -current on my testbed I got a number of sig 12's 
> > (SIGSYS), e.g. fix one, reiterate, fix the next one, etc., that I 
> > finally gave up and installed 4.0-current from snapshot.
> > 
> > The reason for asking is that I'm installing a console server in 
> > Vancouver, a 30 minute flight by helijet from Victoria.  My options are 
> > to install -stable and subsequently install 4.1 from source, negating 
> > the requirement to travel to Vancouver to perform the installation, or 
> > install from CDROM or FTP requiring console access.
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> Without providing any in-depth details:
> 
> 0. `uname -r' returns 3.x
> 1. make buildworld
> 2. make buildkernel
> 3. make installkernel
> 4. reboot with new kernel in signle-user mode
> 5. make -DNOINFO installworld
> 6. make buildkernel installkernel (again)
> 7. make installworld (again, without -DNOINFO)

Excellent.  I'll try it on my testbed and let you know how it goes.


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