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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.6.1 Upgrade gripe
Date: 27 Jan 1997 01:40:49 GMT
Organization: NeoSoft, Inc.
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In article <kientzleE4Mvty.CKE@netcom.com>,
kientzle@netcom.com writes:
> In article <5cepah$936@uuneo.neosoft.com>,
> Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote:
>>Which brings to mind a troubling question: *why* is it necessary to use
>>DOS at all to *upgrade*?
>
> If you have enough hard disk space, then you don't need to use DOS.
> a) copy the boot floppy image to a floppy with `dd'
> b) copy requisite install files to the hard disk (i.e. `bin' and `src').
> c) boot the install floppy and tell it to pull its files from
> the hard disk
> d) customize and recompile the kernel before installing more stuff
>
> The alternative update path that most of the development team recommends:
> a) Copy the /usr/src tree from the CDROM (disk 2)
> b) add any custom patches to the kernel sources
> c) `make world'
> d) putz around with /etc to make sure your customizations are
> carried across
>
> I'm too crunched for time to update myself, but I'll probably try the
> `make world' approach when I update from 2.1.0 to either 2.1.6 or 2.2.
Yup, 'zackly what I ended up doing. :-) I think I'll just use this
approach for all future upgrades.
> P.S. Have you tested the 2.2 boot floppy yet? I understand they're
> actively looking for people to test it with ATAPI drives, so they can
> improve the ATAPI support. Have you sent your patches to the ATAPI
> driver to the development team yet? Either of these would help
> simplify future installs by making sure that future versions did
> support your ATAPI drive.
For what it's worth, here's what works for me in my kernel.
The wdc0 has two IDE hard drives (wd0 is DOS, wd1 is FreeBSD).
Wdc1 has the CD-ROM (master) on wd2.
controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr
disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0
disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1
controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr
disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0
#disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1
options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus
device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM
FreeBSD's sysinstall *still* doesn't think I have a CD-ROM, but it *will*
use the already mounted /cdrom.
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