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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp index 501b2abecd76..8198d273bb71 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Table of Contents: 3.1 Repairing an existing FreeBSD installation. +3.2 Upgrading from FreeBSD 2.0.5 + 1.0 DOS user's Question and Answer section === ====================================== @@ -174,8 +176,8 @@ is still not a bad idea though you don't need to put a DOS filesystem on each floppy. You can use the `disklabel' and `newfs' commands to put a UFS filesystem on them instead, like so: - disklabel -w -r fd0 floppy3 (use floppy5 for 1.2MB disks) - newfs /dev/rfd0 + disklabel -w -r fd0 floppy3 (use floppy5 for 1.2MB disks) + newfs /dev/rfd0 Then you can mount and write to them like any other file system. @@ -332,14 +334,14 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP. FTP installation may be done from any mirror site containing a reasonably up-to-date version of FreeBSD 2.1. A full menu of reasonable choices for almost any location in the world is - provided in the FTP site menu. + provided in the FTP site menu. If you are installing from some other FTP site not listed in - this menu, or you are having troubles getting your name server - configured properly, you can also specify your own URL by - selecting the ``Other'' choice in that menu. A URL can - contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would - work in the absence of a name server: + this menu, or you are having troubles getting your name server + configured properly, you can also specify your own URL by + selecting the ``Other'' choice in that menu. A URL can + contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would + work in the absence of a name server: ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE @@ -348,20 +350,20 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP. o FTP: For all FTP transfers, use the standard "Active" mode for - transfers. This will not work through most firewalls but - will often work best with older ftp servers that do not - support passive mode. If your connection hangs with - passive mode, try this one! + transfers. This will not work through most firewalls but + will often work best with older ftp servers that do not + support passive mode. If your connection hangs with + passive mode, try this one! o FTP Passive: For all FTP transfers, use "Passive" mode. This allows - the user to pass through firewalls that do not allow - incoming connections on random port addresses. + the user to pass through firewalls that do not allow + incoming connections on random port addresses. NOTE: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MODES ARE NOT THE SAME AS A `PROXY' CONNECTIONS, WHERE A PROXY FTP SERVER IS LISTENING ON A - DIFFERENT PORT! + DIFFERENT PORT! In such instances, you should specify the URL as something like: @@ -462,21 +464,21 @@ follows: you to chose how your drives will be used for FreeBSD. If you're dedicating an entire drive to FreeBSD, the `A' command is probably all you need to type here, otherwise - move to a partition marked `Unused' (or delete an existing one) - and use the `C' command to create a FreeBSD partition in its - place. + move to a partition marked `Unused' (or delete an existing one) + and use the `C' command to create a FreeBSD partition in its + place. o Next, with the `Label Editor', you can specify how the space in any FreeBSD partitions should be used by FreeBSD. You can also mount any non-FreeBSD partitions (such as DOS) in this - screen. If you want the standard layout, simply type `A' for - the defaults. + screen. If you want the standard layout, simply type `A' for + the defaults. o Next, the `Distributions' menu allows you to specify how much of FreeBSD you'd like to load. A good choice is the "User" distribution for a small system or the "Developer" distribution for someone wanting a more programmer-oriented configuration. - If none of the existing collections seem applicable, select + If none of the existing collections seem applicable, select Custom to choose the component distributions yourself. o Next, the `Media' menu allows you to specify what kind of @@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ mailing list - questions@FreeBSD.org. We'll do our best to help you! 3.1 Repairing an existing FreeBSD installation. ---- ------------------------------------------- +--- ------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 2.1 now features a "Fixit" option in the top menu of the boot floppy. To use it, you will also need a fixit.flp image floppy, @@ -531,6 +533,46 @@ repairing and examining file systems and their contents. Some administration experience is required to use this option! +3.2 Upgrading from FreeBSD 2.0.5 +--- ---------------------------- + +It must first be said that this upgrade DOES NOT take a particularly +sophisticated approach to the upgrade problem, it being more a question +of providing what seemed "good enough" at the time. A truly polished +upgrade that deals properly with the broad spectrum of installed 2.0.5 +systems would be nice to have, but until that gets written what you get is +this - the brute-force approach! + +What this upgrade will attempt to do is best summarized thusly: + + 1. fsck and mount all file systems chosen in the label editor. + 2. Ask for a location to preserve your /etc directory into and do so. + 3. Extract all selected distributions on top of your existing system. + 4. Copy certain obvious files back from the preserved /etc, leaving the + rest of the /etc file merge up to the user. + 5. Drop user in a shell so that they may perform that merge before + rebooting into the new system. + +And that's it! This "upgrade" is not going to hold your hand in all +major respects, it's simply provided to make one PART of the upgrade +easier. + +IMPORTANT NOTE: What this upgrade procedure may also do, in fact, is +completely destroy your system (though much more quickly than you +would have been able to destroy it yourself). It is simply impossible +to guarantee that this procedure's crude form of upgrade automation +will work in all cases and if you do this upgrade without proper +BACKUPS for any important data then you really must like living life +close to the edge, that's all we can say! + +NOTE to 2.0 users: We're sorry, but the "slice" changes that were +added in FreeBSD 2.0.5 made automated upgrades pretty difficult due to +the fact that a complete reinstall is pretty much called for. Things +may still *work* after a 2.1 upgrade, but you will also no doubt +receive many warnings at boot time about non-aligned slices and such; +we really do recommend a fresh installation for 2.0 systems! (But +back up your user data first :-). + Jordan ---- End of Installation Guide --- diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/readme.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/readme.hlp index 7fd77bf88b9d..8ede34bf13eb 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/readme.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/readme.hlp @@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ searching facilities. If you wish to use Netscape as your browser, you may install the BSDI version from ftp://ftp.mcom.com or simply type: - # cd /usr/ports/net/netscape - # make all install + # cd /usr/ports/net/netscape + # make all install If you have the Ports collection installed (see the Configuration menu or enable the Ports collection when given the chance to do so during @@ -118,4 +118,4 @@ syntax in any HTML capable browser. We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! - The FreeBSD Project + The FreeBSD Project diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp index 84cc8e122589..eb495922845b 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp @@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ DAT) and CD ROM drives. The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and - SoundBlaster SCSI) + SoundBlaster SCSI) (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models) (matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary - interface (562/563 models) + interface (562/563 models) (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface (experimental and should be considered ALPHA +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface (experimental and should be considered ALPHA quality!). @@ -390,4 +390,4 @@ We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! The FreeBSD Core Team -$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.1.2.8 1995/11/04 09:33:17 jkh Exp $ +$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.1.2.9 1995/11/15 08:32:34 jkh Exp $ |