Re: Yes, but how do I upgrade?

[Kent Stewart]

Doug Poland wrote:

Steve Wingate said:

From: Steve Warwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2002/10/29 Tue PM 03:10:44 EST
Subject: Yes, but how do I upgrade?

Hi

I have a 4.3 BSD machine to upgrade, and it's a production
machine :(

Ok, got that, but how do I upgrade?

Theoretically, it CAN be as simple as
1. cvsup -h cvsup1.freebsd.org
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile 2. cd /usr/src
3. make world
4. make kernel KERNCONF=yourkernelfile
5. mergemaster
6. reboot

Wouldn't a prudent person include:
4.5 make installkernel KERNCONF=yourkernelfile
4.6 make installworld

There are a number of changes going from 4.3 to 4.7. The install problem because smmsp is missing from group and passwd is one of them that is covered in /usr/src/UPDATING. A "make world" won't work because of this.

I also strongly believe in the reboot to single user mode before the installworld.

If the system hasn't been updated since 4.3, the installed ports are probably a year out of date.

Kent

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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