Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
Hello,
I would like to confirm the steps required to upgrade a 7.0 system
with a custom kernel to 7.1 so many thanks for all suggestions!
1/ Back up /etc (of course backups are regularly done, but based on
what I saw on the list I think such a backup just prior to upgrade may
be quite beneficial)
# cp -pR /etc/ /etc-7.0
2/ Go for the upgrade and merge files (if any)
# freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade
3/ Install the updates
# freebsd-update install
4/ Reboot with a GENERIC kernel (I do have it)
# nextboot -k GENERIC
Make sure freebsd-update downloads the GENERIC kernel. it typically
leaves it completely alone when asked to update/upgrade a system with a
custom kernel.
Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it
wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever.
So because of this, you might want to:
download CVS source
make buildkernel; freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade; freebsd-update
install; make installkernel;
5/ Reboot with a custom kernel
# shutdown -r now
6/ Finish the update process
# freebsd-update install
7/ Recompile the custom kernel
# cd /usr/src
# make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
# make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
And remake your custom kernel here. Personally, I try to keep an
updated GENERIC in /boot/kernel.GENERIC always.
8/ Final reboot
# shutdown -r now
I was told earlier that 7.0 -> 7.1 journey is a minor one and so I do
not need to rebuild all the ports. Is that correct?
Once again, many thanks for your advice!
My 2 cents.
--Tim
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