Upgrading FreeBSD Questions

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

Hello Jason,

----- Original Message ----
> From: Jason Slack <slackmoehrle at gmail.com>
> To: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:25:18 AM
> Subject: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am new to FreeBSD, or want to be.
> 
> I have an HP Media center PC that has the Viiv 920-D processor with
> 4GB
> 
 of
> RAM. I hate Windows, but had to sell my MacBook so my Fiance and
> I
> 
 could get
> into a new apartment together.
> 
> I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am
> not
> 
 one
> to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from
> the
> 
 test
> releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do
> you
> 
 have
> to wipe?
> 
> I apologize, but I am from a Solaris environment and then OS X.
> 
> Jason
> -- 
> "Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with
> people
> 
 who
> are reckless with yours"........Lehrmann (1997)

You can always upgrade to a newer FreeBSD version without too much hassle.

Here are the steps.

csup your src tree to RELENG_7

Then do these steps as root

#cd /usr/src
#make cleandir
#make cleanworld
#mergemaster -p
#make buildworld
#make buildkernel
#make installkernel
#reboot
#cd /usr/src
#make installworld
#mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't exist and upgrade those that haven't changed.
#reboot

mergemaster made it very easy to upgrade, thank you Doug! }:)
 
Regards, 
-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/





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