[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE]]
*snipped* OK, so right now I've been reading this, and I had a look at the configuration file for FreeBSD-update, and it seems I could use that to test it out since I haven't really used it before, by basically running it with -r RELEASE and it would upgrade everything to that? also being from the Linux world, I'm having a slight bit of trouble understanding one part, which is what "upgrades" mean in BSD VS Linux. For example, on my Slackware boxes, I can do this to update / upgrade when a security problem is found and patched: upgradepkg name-of-package-slack12.tgz and it upgrades it. On here they have a different meaning though I THINK... I'm not positive yet if I'm understanding this right, or if I've gotten confused. I'm not giving up because I'm really enjoying how FreeBSD works, and always have loved it, and this time I've decided to take the time to learn how to run it properly, which is why the last two weeks, I've spent most of my time using it, asking questions on here, and reading my library of books on BSD, and reading the BSD web site in the handbook area so to not ask questions I can find easy. So, am I confusing these terms with how they work? Or..? Really I just want to make sure I have the security patches installed by running something I could maybe add to cron later, or make a very simple perl script, but if that isn't the best solution, at least I'd like to have security patches installed and have my machine up to date as much as possible with fixes. So, for making sure my machine is updated with the latest security patches and bug fixes, would CVS maybe be better, or FreeBSD-update? Or both? Also if I'm not getting annoying yet, which I may very well be heh, when it asks for RELEASE in FreeBSD-update, I know that STABLE is the stable and trusted one, and RELEASE is the latest one but is tested enough to be used, and then the bleeding edge one you shouldn't use Which would one pick who wanted to keep updated to do this with and not be totally insane? Thanks all, and apologies on length / number of questions. I'm just tryign to understand how it works so I can take some notes and remember for myself how it works without breaking it/ --- Begin Message --- Akenner wrote: Hi, I've continued reading to keep myself updated with info used, and I have a few questions about what I've seen about freebsd-update: I've read not to use FreeBSD-update AND cvsup together, and so I've decided to go along with this as to not cause problems for myself. Does FreeBSD-update have any benefit over the cvsup method? I've heard you don't have to go single user and a few other things, but does it have any actual benefit? Thanks, -Allen You don't have to recompile anything (can be lengthy esp. on older machines), the mergemaster step is usually a lot simpler and less tedious. Very useful for people tracking RELEASE and the security branch. You still need csup / cvsup to track STABLE or CURRENT though. --- End Message --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: [Fwd: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE]
Akenner wrote: Hi, I've continued reading to keep myself updated with info used, and I have a few questions about what I've seen about freebsd-update: I've read not to use FreeBSD-update AND cvsup together, and so I've decided to go along with this as to not cause problems for myself. Does FreeBSD-update have any benefit over the cvsup method? I've heard you don't have to go single user and a few other things, but does it have any actual benefit? Thanks, -Allen You don't have to recompile anything (can be lengthy esp. on older machines), the mergemaster step is usually a lot simpler and less tedious. Very useful for people tracking RELEASE and the security branch. You still need csup / cvsup to track STABLE or CURRENT though. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
[Fwd: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE]
Hi, I've continued reading to keep myself updated with info used, and I have a few questions about what I've seen about freebsd-update: I've read not to use FreeBSD-update AND cvsup together, and so I've decided to go along with this as to not cause problems for myself. Does FreeBSD-update have any benefit over the cvsup method? I've heard you don't have to go single user and a few other things, but does it have any actual benefit? Thanks, -Allen --- Begin Message --- Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hi all, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:34, Tim Judd wrote: Akenner wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks csup -g -L 1 -h cvs#.cc.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile i.e: cvs17.us.freebsd.org This will update to your uname -r latest patchlevel. Copy and replace (for you): RELENG_7_0 with RELENG_7_1 to get the latest patchlevel for 7.1 Original doc seems either replaced by the freebsd-update method (while excellent, there are a few things that CVS really triumphs on). csup is part of base. I'd be glad to help you through. The canonical update method is still listed in the handbook (SS. 24.7.1) used after retrieving the sources. Thank you Tim for the answers! So far I have used freebsd-update to apply updates. I seem to recall that it is never good to mix the two systems (freebsd-updates and csup) to avoid trouble. Is that true? Also, the documentation you mention (24.7.1) says this: After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). How can this be done with a remote machine? NO without serial access or some kind of ALOM card eg DELL DRAC CARD, as you will have no ip up ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" --- End Message --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
I have done that many times without hitch but would never recommend it on a production box even though i have never seen an issue in real world situations. Note the mergemaster -p should be done before the installword as it sometimes add new accounts and things that the installworld needs to complete. Artem Kuchin wrote: Mike Clarke ?: On Thursday 29 January 2009, Akenner wrote: For some reason if you follow along line by line in the book "FreeBSD Unleashed Second edition" which was written and came with 5.0 on CD, it doesn't work at all for some reason. I think there must have been a few changes in the way things are done between these versions but I couldn't get those instructions to work at all. I'm sure it works great on 5.0 but I kind of fell for 7.1 like a school kid lol. I have never had a single problem updating system remotely via internet like this: doing a sup file like this: *default host=cvsup4.FReeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all doc-all tag=. ports-all tag=. Then csup supfile Then cd /usr/local/src make buildworld >& bw check the end of bw make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN >&bk check what's in bk i redirect output to save the bandwidth and traffic stop as many thing as i can stop make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN make installworld >&iw check what's in iw mergemaster -p mergemaster disable everything in /local/etc/rc.d and as many as possible in rc.conf shutdown -r now and then it's up and it's a new version! as i said - it never failed! -- Artem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Mike Clarke ?: On Thursday 29 January 2009, Akenner wrote: For some reason if you follow along line by line in the book "FreeBSD Unleashed Second edition" which was written and came with 5.0 on CD, it doesn't work at all for some reason. I think there must have been a few changes in the way things are done between these versions but I couldn't get those instructions to work at all. I'm sure it works great on 5.0 but I kind of fell for 7.1 like a school kid lol. I have never had a single problem updating system remotely via internet like this: doing a sup file like this: *default host=cvsup4.FReeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all doc-all tag=. ports-all tag=. Then csup supfile Then cd /usr/local/src make buildworld >& bw check the end of bw make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN >&bk check what's in bk i redirect output to save the bandwidth and traffic stop as many thing as i can stop make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN make installworld >&iw check what's in iw mergemaster -p mergemaster disable everything in /local/etc/rc.d and as many as possible in rc.conf shutdown -r now and then it's up and it's a new version! as i said - it never failed! -- Artem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
On Thursday 29 January 2009, Akenner wrote: > For some reason if you follow along line by line in the book "FreeBSD > Unleashed Second edition" which was written and came with 5.0 on CD, > it doesn't work at all for some reason. I think there must have been > a few changes in the way things are done between these versions but I > couldn't get those instructions to work at all. I'm sure it works > great on 5.0 but I kind of fell for 7.1 like a school kid lol. It's well worth getting yourself a copy of Michael Lucas's "Absolute FreeBSD" 2nd edition. It's an excellent companion for 7.x. -- Mike Clarke ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:40, k...@snaffler.net wrote: After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). How can this be done with a remote machine? NO without serial access or some kind of ALOM card eg DELL DRAC CARD, as you will have no ip up Then correct me if I am wrong but if I do not have such a card, then I am better off using freebsd-update since it does not require me to boot in single user mode? Thanks! Yes, freebsd-update does not require single user mode. Just follow the updated handbook instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html#FREEBSDUPDATE-UPGRADE As an additional precaution, edit the /etc/rc.conf file and comment out all non essential services when rebooting with the GENERIC kernel in the intermediate step (assuming you were using a custom kernel). Re-enable them when you rebuild your custom kernel. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
k...@snaffler.net wrote: here is howto rebuild you system via cvs dump this into a file --->8 *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all --->8 add these lines to /etc/make.conf SUP_UPDATE= yes SUPFILE= then cd /usr/src make update && make buildworls && make buildkernel && make installkernel ( if you are multicore do a -j 8 or something on the build lines, anything upto 32 should build ok ) reboot cd /usr/src mergmaster -p make installworld mergmaster reboot i theory tou should rebuild all your ports now as well, but generally i never both and havent had trouble if you dont have anything in /usr/src or dont have one just install the base src distribution from sysinstall or download install.sh, sbase.aa, sbase.inf from you favorite freebsd mirror and do a ./install.sh base eg mine is here http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.1-RELEASE/src/ Akenner wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Not sure if the OP wants to track the errata ou the stable branch so little heads up: tag=RELENG_7_1 to follow the errata branch tag=RELENG_7 to follow stable Regards, Ricardo Jesus. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
*Snip to keep simple to read* Thanks all for the replies. I wanted to send a formal thank you instead of replying to each of the people who responded to me so I wouldn't be spamming the list, as I think that would be a much more polite way of doing it than sending a bunch of messages in filling everyone's inbox up :) The last time I used the CVSup method was I think 6.0 and at the time I had read through the docs on the FreeBSD page and made sure to have them not only ready, but I opened it up on another machine so I could check what I was doing off as I went along, and kept a book handy that was published around 5.0 but for some reason or another, probably do to my newbieness to BSD, it not only didn't work, I couldn't seem to boot anymore, which, as I said, I'm almost certain was do to my ignorance. Anyway, thanks again everyone, and now instead of risking it, I have set up FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE on another machine I can use for testing as I feel this will help me learn more without worrying about messing up as I can always reinstall on that one. I've started using FreeBSD more in the last month or so and I've actually started to get the hang of it. I've always like it, which is why I show my appreciation financially whenever possible. I also like buying books, CD-ROM sets, Tee Shirts, stickers, pins, and whatever else from the FreeBSDMall and book stores which helps show people that they sell good and that more should get written or at least updated versions. For some reason if you follow along line by line in the book "FreeBSD Unleashed Second edition" which was written and came with 5.0 on CD, it doesn't work at all for some reason. I think there must have been a few changes in the way things are done between these versions but I couldn't get those instructions to work at all. I'm sure it works great on 5.0 but I kind of fell for 7.1 like a school kid lol. Anyway thanks again, sorry for the length of this message, and I'm glad I've susbscribed to this list again as I've gotten answers to many of my questions I couldn't quite find an answer for by googling it. -Allen. Promoting FreeBSD since 4.0 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Hello, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:40, k...@snaffler.net wrote: >> After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single >> user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). >> >> How can this be done with a remote machine? >> >> > > NO without serial access or some kind of ALOM card eg DELL DRAC CARD, as you > will have no ip up > Then correct me if I am wrong but if I do not have such a card, then I am better off using freebsd-update since it does not require me to boot in single user mode? Thanks! -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.slowo.pl www.fairtrade.net.pl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hi all, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:34, Tim Judd wrote: Akenner wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks csup -g -L 1 -h cvs#.cc.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile i.e: cvs17.us.freebsd.org This will update to your uname -r latest patchlevel. Copy and replace (for you): RELENG_7_0 with RELENG_7_1 to get the latest patchlevel for 7.1 Original doc seems either replaced by the freebsd-update method (while excellent, there are a few things that CVS really triumphs on). csup is part of base. I'd be glad to help you through. The canonical update method is still listed in the handbook (SS. 24.7.1) used after retrieving the sources. Thank you Tim for the answers! So far I have used freebsd-update to apply updates. I seem to recall that it is never good to mix the two systems (freebsd-updates and csup) to avoid trouble. Is that true? Also, the documentation you mention (24.7.1) says this: After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). How can this be done with a remote machine? NO without serial access or some kind of ALOM card eg DELL DRAC CARD, as you will have no ip up ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
here is howto rebuild you system via cvs dump this into a file --->8 *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all --->8 add these lines to /etc/make.conf SUP_UPDATE= yes SUPFILE= then cd /usr/src make update && make buildworls && make buildkernel && make installkernel ( if you are multicore do a -j 8 or something on the build lines, anything upto 32 should build ok ) reboot cd /usr/src mergmaster -p make installworld mergmaster reboot i theory tou should rebuild all your ports now as well, but generally i never both and havent had trouble if you dont have anything in /usr/src or dont have one just install the base src distribution from sysinstall or download install.sh, sbase.aa, sbase.inf from you favorite freebsd mirror and do a ./install.sh base eg mine is here http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.1-RELEASE/src/ Akenner wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Hi all, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:34, Tim Judd wrote: > Akenner wrote: >> >> RW wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 >>> Tim Judd wrote: >>> >>> >>> Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. >>> >>> It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system >>> update problems are using freebsd-update. >>> ___ >>> >>> >> >> This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can >> someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS >> and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has >> exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding >> it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to >> get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. >> >> Thanks >> > > csup -g -L 1 -h cvs#.cc.freebsd.org > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile > > i.e: cvs17.us.freebsd.org > > This will update to your uname -r latest patchlevel. Copy and replace (for > you): RELENG_7_0 with RELENG_7_1 to get the latest patchlevel for 7.1 > > > Original doc seems either replaced by the freebsd-update method (while > excellent, there are a few things that CVS really triumphs on). > > csup is part of base. > > I'd be glad to help you through. The canonical update method is still > listed in the handbook (SS. 24.7.1) used after retrieving the sources. Thank you Tim for the answers! So far I have used freebsd-update to apply updates. I seem to recall that it is never good to mix the two systems (freebsd-updates and csup) to avoid trouble. Is that true? Also, the documentation you mention (24.7.1) says this: After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). How can this be done with a remote machine? -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.slowo.pl www.fairtrade.net.pl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Akenner wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks csup -g -L 1 -h cvs#.cc.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile i.e: cvs17.us.freebsd.org This will update to your uname -r latest patchlevel. Copy and replace (for you): RELENG_7_0 with RELENG_7_1 to get the latest patchlevel for 7.1 Original doc seems either replaced by the freebsd-update method (while excellent, there are a few things that CVS really triumphs on). csup is part of base. I'd be glad to help you through. The canonical update method is still listed in the handbook (SS. 24.7.1) used after retrieving the sources. --Tim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: > Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, > it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, I would like to confirm the steps required to upgrade a 7.0 system with a custom kernel to 7.1 so many thanks for all suggestions! 1/ Back up /etc (of course backups are regularly done, but based on what I saw on the list I think such a backup just prior to upgrade may be quite beneficial) # cp -pR /etc/ /etc-7.0 2/ Go for the upgrade and merge files (if any) # freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade 3/ Install the updates # freebsd-update install 4/ Reboot with a GENERIC kernel (I do have it) # nextboot -k GENERIC Make sure freebsd-update downloads the GENERIC kernel. it typically leaves it completely alone when asked to update/upgrade a system with a custom kernel. Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. So because of this, you might want to: download CVS source make buildkernel; freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade; freebsd-update install; make installkernel; 5/ Reboot with a custom kernel # shutdown -r now 6/ Finish the update process # freebsd-update install 7/ Recompile the custom kernel # cd /usr/src # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL And remake your custom kernel here. Personally, I try to keep an updated GENERIC in /boot/kernel.GENERIC always. 8/ Final reboot # shutdown -r now I was told earlier that 7.0 -> 7.1 journey is a minor one and so I do not need to rebuild all the ports. Is that correct? Once again, many thanks for your advice! My 2 cents. --Tim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
Hello, I would like to confirm the steps required to upgrade a 7.0 system with a custom kernel to 7.1 so many thanks for all suggestions! 1/ Back up /etc (of course backups are regularly done, but based on what I saw on the list I think such a backup just prior to upgrade may be quite beneficial) # cp -pR /etc/ /etc-7.0 2/ Go for the upgrade and merge files (if any) # freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade 3/ Install the updates # freebsd-update install 4/ Reboot with a GENERIC kernel (I do have it) # nextboot -k GENERIC 5/ Reboot with a custom kernel # shutdown -r now 6/ Finish the update process # freebsd-update install 7/ Recompile the custom kernel # cd /usr/src # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL 8/ Final reboot # shutdown -r now I was told earlier that 7.0 -> 7.1 journey is a minor one and so I do not need to rebuild all the ports. Is that correct? Once again, many thanks for your advice! -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.slowo.pl www.fairtrade.net.pl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
