Upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0

[Adam J Richardson]

The-IRC Hosting Administration Team wrote:
> Just use a cvsup file like this and run it with cvsup -g -L 2 cvs-supfile
> *default host=cvsup4.us.FreeBSD.org
> *default base=/var/db
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7
> *default delete
> *default compress
> *default use-rel-suffix
> src-all
> 
> After you've obtained the new sourcecode do the following.
> 
> `cd /usr/src'       (or to the directory containing your source tree).
> `make buildworld'
> `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE'     (default is GENERIC).
> `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE'   (default is GENERIC).
> `reboot'        (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt).
> `mergemaster -p'
> `make installworld'
> `mergemaster'
> `reboot'

Hi all,

I mentioned I'd report back. I followed the usual upgrade instructions 
provided above. Everything built and installed smoothly.

Before:
%uname -rims
FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE i386 GENERIC

After:
%uname -rims
FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386 GENERIC

So all seems well. I won't mention ports here, I am just concerned with 
kernel and world for now.

That said... YMMV, #include <disclaimer.h>, etc

Regards,
Adam J Richardson