On 2018-03-18, Rodney Polkinghorne <this...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. I suspect this is the answer I needed: don't > try to install a 6.2 snapshot just before version 6.3 is released, > instead wait for the release and install that.
The only adaptations regarding it approaching release you need should be setting the install path, and using -Dsnap when installing packages. >> You need to be sure to use the bsd.rd from the snapshot! > > I'm pretty sure that's what I booted. Does any other bsd.rd have a > default path of pub/OpenBSD/6.3/i386? > >> You say install, which is very different from upgrade. > > I'm running 6.1 on my laptop hard disk, and I wanted to install a > recent snapshot to a USB key. The back story involves an upgrade to > 6.2 stable, a kernel failure whenever I started X Windows, and a > desire to reproduce the fault while preserving a bootable system on > the hard disk. > > I'll wait for the 6.3 release, and see if X still crashes the kernel. Better to test sooner, if it still fails, if you can get a good report written up there's still some chance of a fix before release.
