Re[2]: Installing FreeBSD-6.2 & Xorg-7.2
- From: Gerard <gerard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:47:59 -0400
On June 12, 2007 at 10:47AM John Nielsen wrote:
That should work fine, as long as you remember to run mergebase.sh on the new
system. It's counterintuitive and won't have much work to do, but it will do
useful things like create the /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/local symlink and change
some defaults in /etc so (e.g.) rc.d and periodic scripts won't run twice.
If it's just your ports you're trying to refresh and don't have any worries
about your base system, you could also try something like this:
0) Back up your entire system. Also make a note of what packages you have
installed (pkg_info > /root/pkg-list.txt, for example).
1) Delete ALL ports from your system. I find it's most efficient to do
something like this:
a) make backups, esp of files in /usr/local/etc
b) # pkg_info | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | xargs pkg_delete -f
c) review remaining files under /usr/X11R6 and /usr/local, if any
d) # rm -r /usr/X11R6/* /usr/local/*
2) Update your base system. csup, buildworld, etc.
3) Update your ports tree. portsnap, etc.
4) Run mergebase.sh
#
5) Reinstall everything you want installed.
Have fun,
Having way too much fun. The system crashed again, causing me to get
really annoyed. I decided I had, had enough and totally erased the
HD's after coping any config files I would need to another PC first. I
am in the process of reformatting the two 72G HDs now.
Now, just so I get this straight.
1) I do a minimal install of FBSD.
2) Update the ports, in my case using portsnap.
3) Update the system files
4) Do a BuildWorld with custom kernel installation
5) Run: sh /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh
6) Start the installation of Xorg-7.2 and other program.
I am assuming that I should have the VAR as stated in the "UPDATING"
file set prior to to actually attempting to update the system. After
it is completed I can remove it. Is that correct?
Well, the next few days should be fun!
--
Gerard
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