Re: Instructions for upgrading?
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: where can i find simple instructions for upgrading to a new major version? In addition to the advice given earlier, you might read Bruce Mah's Migration Guide. The 5.3 version is here: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/5.3-RELEASE/early-adopter.html and might be quite applicable to the 4.x 5.x migration, as 5.3 was the first -STABLE release in the 5.X branch, and many users were expected to move to it from 4.11, etc. thanks for this! i looked att his pretty closely and thought i did everything right but did run into trouble in the end. something went wrong at installworld, i guess with the 4.x compatability layer, and now im not sure what to do to get things fixed. when i boot into the singleuser shell, even simple commands i gett hings like /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libncurses.so.5 not found, required by more. i can use basic commands like ls and cat but not even slightly hard things like more or vi. at this point i would be willing to save my /usr directory and just try to find a cd drive to do a clean install, but im not sure how to save it. i did do a backup of my most important things but if the install is going completely wrong i guess id like to save everything. my files in /usr are all still there but i dont know if i can hook up to the network or save to an attached cd, seeing how many commands i cant run. thanks! next time i just stay with 4.10, or do a better backup! Jen - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Instructions for upgrading?
where can i find simple instructions for upgrading to a new major version? im running 4.10 right now and want to change to 6.0--why not? heh--but the installation page in the handbook just talks about doing it from scratch. and the entire upgrade' section of the 6.0 release notes just says Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade 6.0-RELEASE will need to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. Important: Upgrading FreeBSD should, of course, only be attempted after backing up all data and configuration files. but doesnt say how to really do it. same with the 5.x release notes. im willing to do this in two step, from 4.10 to 5.4 and then to 6.0, if that is neccessary. my laptop doesnt have a CD drive of a floppy drive, so i want to do it over the network but i need simple instructions if someone can help. thank you! jen __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instructions for upgrading?
On Saturday 26 November 2005 20:16, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: where can i find simple instructions for upgrading to a new major version? im running 4.10 right now and want to change to 6.0--why not? heh--but the installation page in the handbook just talks about doing it from scratch. and the entire upgrade' section of the 6.0 release notes just says Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade 6.0-RELEASE will need to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. Important: Upgrading FreeBSD should, of course, only be attempted after backing up all data and configuration files. but doesnt say how to really do it. same with the 5.x release notes. im willing to do this in two step, from 4.10 to 5.4 and then to 6.0, if that is neccessary. It's covered in chapter 20 of the handbook. Unfortunately it's under the rather misleading title The Cutting Edge, because it's written in terms of tracking current/stable. Upgrading to 5.4 and 6.0 is just the same, but with RELENG_5_4 and RELENG_6_0 as the release tags. You should also look at the chapter on building the kernel, which gives more detail on that part of the process. You should disable any drivers in loader.conf that are built out of ports (eg nvidia). After the upgrade is done you will have to rebuild your ports or replace everything from packages. my laptop doesnt have a CD drive of a floppy drive, so i want to do it over the network but i need simple instructions if someone can help. thank you! jen __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instructions for upgrading?
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: where can i find simple instructions for upgrading to a new major version? im running 4.10 right now and want to change to 6.0--why not? heh--but the installation page in the handbook just talks about doing it from scratch. and the entire upgrade' section of the 6.0 release notes just says Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade 6.0-RELEASE will need to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. Important: Upgrading FreeBSD should, of course, only be attempted after backing up all data and configuration files. but doesnt say how to really do it. same with the 5.x release notes. im willing to do this in two step, from 4.10 to 5.4 and then to 6.0, if that is neccessary. my laptop doesnt have a CD drive of a floppy drive, so i want to do it over the network but i need simple instructions if someone can help. thank you! jen In addition to the advice given earlier, you might read Bruce Mah's Migration Guide. The 5.3 version is here: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/5.3-RELEASE/early-adopter.html and might be quite applicable to the 4.x 5.x migration, as 5.3 was the first -STABLE release in the 5.X branch, and many users were expected to move to it from 4.11, etc. As mentioned, a recent 5.X to 6.0-RELEASE upgrade is a relative breeze by comparison, and doesn't require much special at all. YMMV, of course. As with all upgrades, be sure and read /src/UPDATING (and /usr/ports/UPDATING if you use any ports.) Regards, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
