Quoting Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hello Jason,
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From: Jason Slack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:25:18 AM
Subject: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions
Hi All,
I am new to FreeBSD, or want to be.
I have an HP Media center PC that has the Viiv 920-D processor with
4GB
of
RAM. I hate Windows, but had to sell my MacBook so my Fiance and
I
could get
into a new apartment together.
I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am
not
one
to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from
the
test
releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do
you
have
to wipe?
I apologize, but I am from a Solaris environment and then OS X.
Jason
--
"Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with
people
who
are reckless with yours"........Lehrmann (1997)
You can always upgrade to a newer FreeBSD version without too much hassle.
Here are the steps.
csup your src tree to RELENG_7
Then do these steps as root
#cd /usr/src
#make cleandir
#make cleanworld
#mergemaster -p
#make buildworld
#make buildkernel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#make installkernel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Shouldn't the above two lines read:
make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
or possibly:
make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
Naturally, everyone has their own slight variations to suite
their chosen env. But I thought these were a no-op.
#reboot
#cd /usr/src
#make installworld
#mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't
exist and upgrade those that haven't changed.
#reboot
mergemaster made it very easy to upgrade, thank you Doug! }:)
Regards,
-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/
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