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@@ -1071,8 +1071,34 @@ COMMON ITEMS: <reboot> - To upgrade from 4.x-stable to current - ------------------------------------- + To cross-install current onto a separate partition + -------------------------------------------------- + # In this approach we use a separate partition to hold + # current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories. A partition + # holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in + # size. + + <make sure you have good level 0 dumps> + <boot into -stable> + make buildworld + <maybe newfs current's root partition> + <mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}> + make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} + make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE + cp /usr/src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \ + ${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints # as needed + make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} + cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd + cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab # if newfs'd + <edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition> + <reboot into current> + <do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section> + <maybe install compatibility libraries from /usr/src/lib/compat> + <reboot> + + + To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current + ---------------------------------------------- # 5.x uses more space than 4.x. Also, the location of kernel # modules has changed. If you are installing 5.0 onto a 4.x # system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your / |