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From: hsu@cs.hut.fi (Heikki Suonsivu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Upgrading NetBSD-0.9 to NetBSD-current HELP-HELP-HELP
Date: 13 Feb 1994 03:01:00 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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In-reply-to: barrett@lucy.ee.und.ac.za's message of 12 Feb 1994 00:46:45 +0200


In article <2jh1sl$fc5@lucy.ee.und.ac.za> barrett@lucy.ee.und.ac.za (Alan
Barrett) writes:

... lots of steps to upgrade to NetBSD-current

    * I don't know how you safely install the new kernel, new boot blocks
      and new everything else.  The old boot blocks should be able to boot
      a new kerne (unless it's too large), so they are not a problem.
      The new "ps" and various other utilities don't really like the old
      kernel, and vice versa, so you may have a problem.  I had my system
      crash several times when I tried a top level "make install" while
      running an old kernel, so perhaps the new kernel should be installed
      before the new system utilities.

I would like to add the following:

   * Tar the new system and upload it to an ftp site.  Even unpolished-up
     copy would help lots of people.

   * Let everyone know where you put it.

<sigh>

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