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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!nikhefk!eloy From: eloy@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl (Eloy Domingos) Subject: Re: Going from FreeBSD 1.0.2 to FreeBSD-current Message-ID: <1994Feb17.155539.28708@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> Organization: NIKHEFK References: <JKH.94Feb17055727@whisker.hubbard.ie> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 15:55:39 GMT Lines: 34 jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >I've had a lot of folks ask what the best way of going about this >is, so here's a short synopsis that Terry L. and I have put together. What you describe is about what I did (after a few hours of tryal and error) but I think you've forgotten one step: >BUILD SEQUENCE: >cd /usr/src/share/mk >make install >cd /usr/src/include >make install >cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/config >make all install >cd /usr/src/sbin/mount_procfs >make all install Now first make the new linker: cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/ld make all install >Now add the following to your /etc/fstab file: >proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 >And continue with the kernel: However I didn't do the procfs yet. It doesn't seem essential. I tried to mount the procfs using the old kernel and got a kernel panick, so I didn't touch procfs until the new kernel was up and running.