Re: 4.9-stable to 5.x

From: Ryan Sommers (ryans_at_gamersimpact.com)
Date: 12/29/03

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    To: Bakul Shah <bakul@BitBlocks.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:05:43 -0600

    On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:53, Bakul Shah wrote:
    > > o can i just do the normal upgrade as described in UPDATING
    > > (cvsup, buildworld, kernel, installworld, ...) from 4.9 to
    > > 5.2RC in one leap?
    >
    > Recently I updated a new Dell desktop from 4.9 to 5.x by
    > following /usr/src/UPDATING exactly. In particular I did:
    >
    > mv /usr/src usr/src-4.9
    > mv /usr/obj/usr/src /usr/obj/usr/src-4.9
    > cvsup
    > make buildworld buildkernel installkernel
    > cp -p /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints

    Believe he means /usr/src/sys/...

    > cd /sys/boot; make install

    same

    > reboot
    > <hit a key to interrupt the countdown after the kernel is loaded>
    > boot -s
    > mount -u /
    > mount -a
    > adjkerntz -i
    > mergemaster -p
    > rm -rf /usr/include/g++

    cd /usr/src

    > make installworld
    > mergemaster
    > reboot
    >
    > You can boot your old kernel if the first reboot fails. You
    > are pretty much commited to running -current after the
    > installworld so there is not much point in saving /usr/src as
    > I did. But make sure you are aware of -current changes and
    > where to find things in case something goes wrong. Having
    > another freebsd machine nearby would be handy.
    >
    > ACPI gave me trouble so I just disabled it. This is one
    > thing worth knowing. From the boot loader, and before you do
    > boot -s, you can do
    > set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1
    > If that solves your problem, don't forget to add
    > hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
    > in /boot/device.hints. There are finer grained knobs you
    > can play with.
    >
    > > o is 5.2RC a good compromise choice?
    >
    > Probably. If you happen to cvsup -current in the middle of
    > some major commit or breakage you can be in serious trouble.
    > At least for upgrade purposes -current seem to be reasonably
    > stable these days. Even so, after cvsupping I watched the
    > -current and cvs lists for a while for signs of problems
    > before attempting the above. Just unpack 5.2rc sources in
    > /usr/src and follow the same sequence.
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