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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Re: 2.1.6.1 Upgrade gripe
Message-ID: <kientzleE4Mvty.CKE@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom
References: <5cepah$936@uuneo.neosoft.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 21:03:33 GMT
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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.
- Tim Kientzle
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.