FreeBSD 6.1 to 6.2 binary upgrade

[pucky]

Has anyone seen or tried this?

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-11-26-freebsd-6.1-to-6.2-binary-upgrade.html

Anyone upgrade to 6.2? Any problems, concerns or issues?

[h2d]

Has anyone seen or tried this?

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-11-26-freebsd-6.1-to-6.2-binary-upgrade.html

Anyone upgrade to 6.2? Any problems, concerns or issues?


I havent done the 6.1 to 6.2

However ive done 6.0 to 6.1

Works really well, i would go for it :)

[paix]

Why not simple recompile freebsd sources how described in /usr/src/UPDATING?


make buildworld
make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE

<reboot>
mergemaster -p
make installworld
make delete-old
mergemaster
<reboot>


It's common way of updating freebsd.

[h2d]

Why not simple recompile freebsd sources how described in /usr/src/UPDATING?


make buildworld
make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE

<reboot>
mergemaster -p
make installworld
make delete-old
mergemaster
<reboot>


It's common way of updating freebsd.

the other way is faster

[pucky]

Ye, takes too long.

[paix]

Ye, takes too long.

But, if you have custom kernel, you still need recompile it.

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006...y-upgrade.html
" if you do not have a GENERIC or SMP kernel installed, FreeBSD Update will not install any kernel updates. In this case, you must update your kernel before installing updates which FreeBSD Update has downloaded ..."

So, probably binary updates only for people using GENERIC kernel.

[pucky]

And you are correct, but it takes 5 minutes to go back to the generic kernel then reload the custom later.

[Rich-Boy]

Has anyone seen or tried this?

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-11-26-freebsd-6.1-to-6.2-binary-upgrade.html

Anyone upgrade to 6.2? Any problems, concerns or issues?

This tut worked perfectly to upgrade from 6.1-R to 6.2-R. The techs liked it so much that this technique of upgrading is built into freebsd now as of 6.2 so you dont even need to d/l anything.