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Old 05-16-2005, 04:36 PM   #1
IntelSlacker
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How to upgrade FreeBSD 5.1 to latest stable?


Hi,

Could someone guide me on how I could upgrade a FreeBSD Release 5.1 system to latest release?

Some Linux distros like Debian have apt-get but FreeBSD is different so I was wondering if someone could help this bsd newb
 
Old 05-16-2005, 06:56 PM   #2
Clark Bent
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Sure. Just sync your sources.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO.../synching.html

What I do is create a ports-supfile for syncing my OS sources. I call it ports-supfile.os. You can cut and past this if you want to:

*default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_4
*default delete use-rel-suffix
# If you seem to be limited by CPU rather than network or disk bandwidth, try
# commenting out the following line. (Normally, today's CPUs are fast enough
# that you want to run compression.)
*default compress
## Main Source Tree.
#
# The easiest way to get the main source tree is to use the "src-all"
# mega-collection. It includes all of the individual "src-*" collections.
# Please note: If you want to track -STABLE, leave this uncommented.
src-all

Now save the file. Then

cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile.os

It will download the newest sources for you. Then in this order:

# make buildworld
# make buildkernel
# make installkernel
# reboot

You'll need to recompile your kernel, which this will do for you. But these steps will re-compile a GENERIC kernel. Which most likely does not include support for like example...your sound card. I always have to go back in and edit GENERIC and re-compile with optoins in for my sound card.

Good luck.
 
  


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