Thank you all very much for continuing with this thread. I should have replied sooner to say that Martin's advice to use netbsd-INSTALL.gz was perfect for my situation where I wanted an entirely "clean", overwrite install (including /etc and /var), and had limitations on disk space. The install went extremely smoothly, and has only once issued a green-text error, which was not fatal in any way. I only wish I could do more rigorous testing to help get the release candidate ready for official release.
Best, Henry 2024年3月26日(火) 2:01 Havard Eidnes <h...@uninett.no>: > > >> In order to test NetBSD-10.0, I copied the latest kernel to the root > >> directory of a [partially] working NetBSD-9.3 system. Absolutely > >> fantastic: super fast boot-up, AND the '/sbin/shutdown -p' glitch with > >> the 9.x series is fixed! THANK YOU developers for your hard work. > >> > >> Now, is there a way to update all the binary sets other than using the > >> install image sysinst? Or can you remind me how to get the install > >> disk to complete its boot? I REALLY want to get NetBSD 10 on this > >> machine. > >> > >> T(a million)IA > > The way I usually do upgrades is following this manual route, > which presumes you have already upgraded the kernel, and you are > already running the new kernel, and you have sufficient disk > space to extract the new code: > > - make a new "repository directory" to temporarily store the > install sets > > - fetch all the install sets you want to install into this > directory > > - Do not install the etc.tar.xz set directly, as that will reset > your configuration files (/etc/rc.conf, for instance) > > su > sh > cd / > for s in <names of the sets>; do > progress -f /repository-directory/$s.tar.xz tar xfzpB - > done > > - run "etcupdate -s /repository-directory/etc.tar.xz", and > follow the instructions, including running the postinstall > script as directed, and add any new required users and > groups. > > For good measure, reboot, so that all daemons start using the new > code. > > Regards, > > - Håvard
