Subject: Re: upgrade from 2.0 to 2.0.2
To: Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@iki.fi>
From: Peter I. Hansen <pih@xbase.dk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/15/2005 12:02:16
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 10:08:54AM +0300, Martti Kuparinen wrote:
> Martti Kuparinen wrote:
> >Peter I. Hansen wrote:
> >
> >>What is the canonical method for upgrading from 2.0 to 2.0.2?
> >
> >
> >This is how I did it (from the sources):
> >
[...]
> 
> Or get the binaries and extract them
> 
> cd /tmp
> ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0.2/i386/binary/sets/
>   bi
>   prompt
>   mg *tgz
>   bye
> 
> rm etc.tgz
> for i in *tgz
> do
>   tar xpfz $i -C /
> done
> 
> Then get or compile your kernel...

I'm a bit confused here. You prefer compiling the new kernel as
the last step. I know it should not make a big difference when
it's only from 2.0->2.0.2, but there must be a 'best way' of
doing things...

-Peter