One way to make the system unstable ;)
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrey O.Sokolov
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:09 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc: Jay Deiman; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 07:48:40PM +0000, Adam J Richardson wrote:
>Jay Deiman wrote:
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>>I have a couple of 6.2 machines that I would like to upgrade to the 7.0
>>release. Is there an "official" set of instructions for this process?
1.cvsup new source (src && port)
2.cd /usr/src
3.make buildworld
4.change you KERNCONF
5.make KERNCONF=yourKERN
6.shutdown -r now (reboot in single mode)
7.mergemaster -p
8.make delete-old
9.make installworld
10.mergemaster
11.reboot
12.cd /usr/port/ports-mgmt/portmanager
13.make deinstall && make install clean (if portmanager was install)
14. portmanager -u -f
15. cd /usr/src
16. make delete-old-libs
17.shutdown -r now
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jay Deiman
>Hi Jay,
>
>This isn't a recommendation or anything, but I did manage to upgrade one
>of my boxes from 6.3-SOMETHING to 7.0-BETA4 using the standard make
>{build{world,kernel},install{kernel,world}} process. I didn't have any
>problems with it, but it's not a supported method, so only do this if
>you're a crazy like me with no regard for his data. Actually you're
>probably best off backing up all your data and doing a clean install.
>
>Since I'm a crazy with no regard for his data, I'm doing it again
>tonight, this time to 7.0-RELEASE with a GENERIC kernel. I'll let you
>know how it goes.
>
>YMMV
>#include <disclaimer.h>
>etc.
>
>Regards,
>Adam J Richardson
>
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