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From: nrh@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nicholas Hall)
Subject: Re: [NetBSD-current] How to install it?
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References: <199405021438.LAA02481@rubi.fee.unicamp.br> <MIKE.LONG.94May2201828@cthulhu.analog.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 13:37:45 GMT
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In article <MIKE.LONG.94May2201828@cthulhu.analog.com> Mike Long <Mike.Long@Analog.com> writes:
>In article <199405021438.LAA02481@rubi.fee.unicamp.br>
>gorgonio@fee.unicamp.br (Gorgonio Barreto Ara'ujo) writes:
>
>I don't know if the 386BSD FAQ covers the 0.9 -> -current upgrade
>process, and if it does contain directions then they're probably out
>of date.
Yup.....
>Your best bet is to get the latest binary snapshot from
>ftp.iastate.edu (PREFERRED) or sun-lamp. It'd be even better if you
>got the MIRRORS file first to see if you can find a mirror archive
>closer to home.
>
>Once you have the binary snapshot tar.gz archives on your machine,
>unpack and install the kernel and boot blocks (/usr/mdec). Use
>disklabel to install the new bootblocks, and reboot. Now you can
>install the new libraries, then all of the new binaries, &c. Make
>SURE that you install /usr/libexec before you install any other
>binaries under /usr, because you'll be hosed if you install any
>dynamically-linked binaries before you install ld.so. Finally, update
>individual files under /etc appropriately. Reboot again and you will
>be running a -current system.
This is the bit that's not well explained....disklabel is a very grey area
and a dangerous one - thing is:
a) how do you use disklabel to install boot blocks...
b) how do you use disklabel to get NetBSD to recognise a dos partition
in partition 0
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Nick
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