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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-11-16 14:20:12 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-11-16 14:20:12 +0000
commit63033551c5381c29e9871f0fc7880cc24e73d4e7 (patch)
treefc8bc312592b532ad9abb3380680d7a52efc3cb4 /distrib/notes/pc532/upgrade
parentecdda4e71f3b2f7cae5f01f6e81c39d899187c57 (diff)
update from netbsd
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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-The upgrade to NetBSD 1.0 is a binary upgrade; it would be prohibitive
-to make users upgrade by compiling and installing the 1.0 sources, and
+The upgrade to NetBSD 1.1 is a binary upgrade; it would be prohibitive
+to make users upgrade by compiling and installing the 1.1 sources, and
it would be very difficult to even compile a set of instructions that
allowed them to do so.
To do the upgrade, you must have at least base.tar.gz on disk and
-a copy of the proper netbsd.sdx.yyyy. It will require quite a bit
+a copy of the proper netbsd.default. It will require quite a bit
of disk space to do the upgrade.
Since upgrading involves replacing the kernel, and most of the system
@@ -31,25 +31,15 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
work at upgrading /etc. There may be changes to file formats
depending on what version of NetBSD/pc532 you are running.
- BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE RUNNING WITH SECURITY. The distribution
- binaries don't support it. It would be reasonable to save a
- copy of master.passwd and remove all passwords until after
- you upgrade to the new security level.
+ BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING WITH SECURITY. The
+ 1.1 distribution does contain support for password encription.
+ It would be reasonable to save a copy of master.passwd and
+ remove all passwords until after you upgrade.
- Place the proper netbsd.sdX.YYYY in / as the file netbsd.
+ Place netbsd.default in / as the file netbsd.
- Reboot.
+ Reboot. (Remember, detbsd.default is a 9600 console line
+ kernel. Read the last part of the new installation part of
+ these notes to find out how to change your default speed.)
After reboot, you should make sure you check your new file systems.
- Also, you may wish to upgrade your file systems to the new file
- system format. After the install process is complete,
- use "fsck -c 2" to upgrade the file systems. Read the fsck(8)
- manual page for more details.
-
- If you upgrade your file systems, you will want to make sure
- you have the most recent ufs boot program if you use the
- NetBSD boot program to read the kernel off a ufs file system.
- Use bim(8) to remove your old boot program and install the
- newest one if you are using the autoboot monitor.
-
-