On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 08:27:19PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> Chris Byrnes wrote:
> >
> > To update from 3.x to 4.0 stable
> > --------------------------------
> > <see notes below> [3]
> > cd /usr/src
> > <see notes below> [2]
> > make buildworld
> > cd sbin/mknod
> > make install
> > cd ../../sys/modules
> > make install
> > <follow directions to build/install a kernel>
> > <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [1]
> > reboot
> > <in single user>
> > cd /usr/src
> > cd gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/install-info
> > make install
> > cd ../../../..
> > make installworld [5]
> > mergemaster [4]
> > reboot
> > <multi-user>
> >
> > I hate to keep asking you questions, but like.. I cant login to the
> > machine in single-user mode.. it's a co-located box.. is there a way to
> > get around the things you have to do in single-user mode?
> >
>
> I accidently didn't boot into single user mode at that time, and
> I found the machine unusable.
>
> I don't remember why. It might have been that the passwords
> did not work. But I think it might have been something else.
Maybe if they were NIS passwords. I think the biggest potential
problem is with the network setup. Commands like ipfw(8) will not be
in sync with the kernel. There is also the problem that the /etc/rc*
files are for 3.x rather than 4.0, but this should not be _too_ much
of a problem.
That said, IIRC, I did manage to do a 3.x to 4.0 upgrade remotely. I
was very careful about how I did it, and I had just upgraded some
other boxes so the procedure was fresh in my mind at the time.
--
Crist J. Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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