Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
On 9/28/05, Jay Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2005 08:43 pm, Peter Clutton wrote: What's the deal? I've read the upgrade documentation, but it's just not clear to me what's going on - can someone point me to a better/more detailed source of documentation on the upgrade process (in particular wrt HD config)? This might help: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html No hard drive messing required. You will also need to read up on csv in handbook. This is pretty old hardware - 200 MHz Pentium; I tried the makeworld route once before, and it took too long. I just wanted a nice, simple, binary upgrade... maybe that's not possible; maybe I will have to do a fresh install. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I were you, I'd try the binary update first. In the hard drive configuration screens, leave the partiotions untouched (press q in the partiotioning screen) and type in the mount points in the labelling screen. You can check out your current mount points by typing # mount on your running system. Just jot it down - and type it in later. Also make sure the newfs toggles are off (this is probably the default) if you don't want to reformat your drive. If you get stuck, you can try to install 5.4 over 5.2 without formatting your partitions. Just use the same set of instructions. You might need to run mergemaster after installation. And if you don't have any important data on the hard drive - why bother at all? Just make a clean install. Cheerz, Andrew P. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
Jay Read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-steps.html I think I understand your question. Sysinstall's label editor does not obtain the labels from an existing installation, you have to relabel the all of the partitions everytime you run sysinstall. When I perform an upgrade using binaries I write down the output of the df command and use that to relabel the partitions. I have attached some examples of the disklabel editor bellow. The first is what the disk editor should look like before when you open it for the first time, the second is the out put of df, and the third is the disklabel with the mount points setup(corresponds to the df output). The Y and N tell the installer wheather you want to reformat that partition or leave it alone. Be very carefull with this. I reformat my / and /usr, if you have any data other than the system in these directories back them up. Bellow is an example of what the disklabel editor should look like when you first run sysinstall: FreeBSD Disklabel Editor Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s1 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s2 Free: 61432560 blocks (29996MB) Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs - - - - ad0s1bswap 1024MB SWAP ad0s1anone256MB * ad0s1dnone 28716MB * ad0s3dnone 92632MB * The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): C = CreateD = Delete M = Mount pt.W = Write N = Newfs OptsQ = Finish S = Toggle SoftUpdates Z = Custom Newfs T = Toggle Newfs U = Undo A = Auto DefaultsR = Delete+Merge The output of df: [EMAIL PROTECTED]# df Filesystem 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a25367871116 16226830%/ devfs 110 100%/dev /dev/ad0s1d 28476004 13801282 1239664253%/usr /dev/ad0s3d 93352888 16840342 6904431620%/usr/home linprocfs 440 100%/usr/compat/linux/proc /dev/cd0 530556 5305560 100%/cdrom This is how it should look for performing the install FreeBSD Disklabel Editor Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s1 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s2 Free: 61432560 blocks (29996MB) Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs - - - - ad0s1bswap 1024MBSWAP ad0s1a/ 256MB UFS2 Y ad0s1d/usr/home 28716MB UFS2+S N ad0s3d/usr 92632MB UFS2+S Y The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): C = CreateD = Delete M = Mount pt.W = Write N = Newfs OptsQ = Finish S = Toggle SoftUpdates Z = Custom Newfs T = Toggle Newfs U = Undo A = Auto DefaultsR = Delete+Merge On Tuesday 27 September 2005 9:18 pm, Jay Moore wrote On Tuesday 27 September 2005 09:36 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:41:57PM -0500, Jay Moore wrote: I started an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 earlier, but postponed it until I can understand why the upgrade requires input re the hard drive configuration. What are you talking about? :-) Please describe your problem in more detail, e.g. exactly what you are doing and exactly what is going wrong. I boot from the cd. sysinstall starts. shortly thereafter I get to the disklabel editor. the partitions are identified (and sized), but mount column is blank. Why is the mount column blank? Thnx, Jay ___ 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]
FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
I started an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 earlier, but postponed it until I can understand why the upgrade requires input re the hard drive configuration. I don't understand what this screen is asking for - or why. I have a HD config I am happy with, and don't wish to change it, but this screen insists I provide input. What's the deal? I've read the upgrade documentation, but it's just not clear to me what's going on - can someone point me to a better/more detailed source of documentation on the upgrade process (in particular wrt HD config)? Thanks, Jay ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
What's the deal? I've read the upgrade documentation, but it's just not clear to me what's going on - can someone point me to a better/more detailed source of documentation on the upgrade process (in particular wrt HD config)? This might help: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html No hard drive messing required. You will also need to read up on csv in handbook. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:41:57PM -0500, Jay Moore wrote: I started an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 earlier, but postponed it until I can understand why the upgrade requires input re the hard drive configuration. What are you talking about? :-) Please describe your problem in more detail, e.g. exactly what you are doing and exactly what is going wrong. Kris pgpLFsCsaOGNN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 09:36 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:41:57PM -0500, Jay Moore wrote: I started an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 earlier, but postponed it until I can understand why the upgrade requires input re the hard drive configuration. What are you talking about? :-) Please describe your problem in more detail, e.g. exactly what you are doing and exactly what is going wrong. I boot from the cd. sysinstall starts. shortly thereafter I get to the disklabel editor. the partitions are identified (and sized), but mount column is blank. Why is the mount column blank? Thnx, Jay ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 07:18 pm, Jay Moore wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2005 09:36 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:41:57PM -0500, Jay Moore wrote: I started an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 earlier, but postponed it until I can understand why the upgrade requires input re the hard drive configuration. What are you talking about? :-) Please describe your problem in more detail, e.g. exactly what you are doing and exactly what is going wrong. I boot from the cd. sysinstall starts. shortly thereafter I get to the disklabel editor. the partitions are identified (and sized), but mount column is blank. Why is the mount column blank? If you're doing a binary upgrade you need to specify the mount points for your slices. You do this by pressing m and entering the appropriate mount point for each slice in disklabel. That said, you should be aware that binary upgrades can bite you. At the very least you should backup your system before you attempt the upgrade. I would recommend doing an upgrade by building from the sources. Make sure you read /usr/src/UPGRADING before you begin. Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ --- pgpZBF0hzkuT5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: FreeBSD Upgrade from 5.2 to 5.4
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 08:43 pm, Peter Clutton wrote: What's the deal? I've read the upgrade documentation, but it's just not clear to me what's going on - can someone point me to a better/more detailed source of documentation on the upgrade process (in particular wrt HD config)? This might help: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html No hard drive messing required. You will also need to read up on csv in handbook. This is pretty old hardware - 200 MHz Pentium; I tried the makeworld route once before, and it took too long. I just wanted a nice, simple, binary upgrade... maybe that's not possible; maybe I will have to do a fresh install. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
