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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.gtn.com!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!carlotta.iam.uni-bonn.de!volker From: volker@carlotta.iam.uni-bonn.de (Volker A. Brandt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrading to NetBSD-1.2-SNAPSHOT? Date: 24 Sep 1996 19:15:55 GMT Organization: Inst.f.Appl.Math., University of Bonn Lines: 21 Message-ID: <529c1b$jlm@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <5238tt$kk@turbocat.turbocat.de> <524kgd$29j@xciv.demon.co.uk> <527hhl$nur@news-central.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: carlotta.iam.uni-bonn.de In article <527hhl$nur@news-central.tiac.net> rmk@seahag.rmkhome.com writes: >Paul Civati (paul@xciv.org) wrote: >: The snapshots are ok, but if you want to build a new kernel you have to sup >: the latest source and rebuild the whole source tree. > >It's not that bad. I upgraded NetBSD/Sun3 from 1.1 to 1.2-beta using the >manual upgrade method. I pulled down the source tarballs and built a >1.2 kernel which runs really well, and I'm now building the source tree. I did that too, and it went fine for me, not a single reboot until all libs were rebuilt. Only problem is that I can no longer write to QIC tapes. I guess I have to wait after all ... Good luck -- Volker -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rechtschreibdeform: Dummheit regiert! Volker A. Brandt Internet: volker@iam.uni-bonn.de Angewandte Mathematik Phone/FAX number available upon request (Bonn, Germany)