beno - wrote:
> Thank you to everyone who responded. Consolidating your responses, I have
> revised thus:
>
> make.conf file:
> PERL_VER=5.8.5
> PERL_VERSION=5.8.5
> PERL_ARCH=mach
> NOPERL=yo
> NO_PERL=yo
> NO_PERL_WRAPPER=yo
> CFLAGS= -O -pipe
> NO_BLUETOOTH= true # I have no need of this
> NO_SENDMAIL= true # I use qmail
I'd suggest avoiding extra tweaking. Just leave PERL (anyway it won't
affect you since it isn't in the base):
PERL_VER=5.8.5
PERL_VERSION=5.8.5
Compile bluetooth and sendmail even though you won't use them. This'll
save you extra headaches if something goes horribly wrong.
> PROCEDURE:
> /etc/6stable-supfile
> cvsup -L 2 /etc/6stable-supfile
Read the handbook. Especially:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
> shut down all services except ssh
> cd /usr/src
> make -j4 buildworld // single CPU system
You should avoid -j4.
> make buildkernel
> make installkernel
> mergemaster -p
> reboot
Have a look at procedures in file:
/usr/src/Makefile
Otherwise you're actually forgetting "mergemaster" step, which is very
important.
>
> * Instead of jumping directly to /etc/6stable-supfile perhaps I should
> upgrade to 5.5 and then to 6 (and is this actually 6.1?) How do I do the
> interim upgrade? And do I want 5.5 or some other version? And is that even
> necessary?
It is possible to go 5.3 -> 6.1. Been there, done that and haven't had a
single trouble. I got plenty ideas from the following article:
http://www.mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=bsd:updateos
However, that one requires some modifications if you're doing it
remotely (like in your case). I upgraded one 5.3 a month ago from a
completely another continent. So it's possible.
> * How do I make sure userland and the new kernel are synchronized before
> rebooting?
> * How do I make sure the new kernel is capable of booting before actually
> rebooting?
This is what I did (roughly out of my head):
1.- synch your source to 6.1 (or whatever)
2.- make buildworld
3.- make buildkernel
4.- make installkernel
5.- sh /etc/rc.shutdown # kills all your services
6.- pkill sendmail
7.- pkill syslogd
8.- mergemaster -p
9.- make installworld
10- mergemaster # this one is a lot of fun, be careful
11- make delete-old # this one is breath-taking
12- reboot # best suspense ever
13- make delete-old-libs
With mergemaster, make sure you read and understand everything. Don't
just merge the thing. Also, read /usr/src/UPDATING. That file is the
most important file. Don't forget the backups.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Mikhail.
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