Subject: Re: sysinstall for upgrades (vs. install)?
To: None <RFischer@PanAmSat.com>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/11/2000 17:46:10
RFischer@PanAmSat.com wrote:
>I read Bob Nestor's INSTALL doc which has been updated for sysinst. It
>covers
>installation via sysinst, but the section on upgrading from a previous
>version
>is the same old one using pax. Is that the preferred method, or has the
>section
>on how to upgrade using sysinst just not been written yet.
The "upgrade" part of sysinst is machine independent so there was nothing
special I felt I needed to put into the mac68k INSTALL files.
I've never upgraded using sysinst, but don't see why it shouldn't work
even on the mac68k port. Previously I always did the upgrade manually by
booting single-user and untaring the new distribution files. I'd move
/etc to something like /etc_old and use the "--unlink" parameter in tar
and everything seemed to work OK. It's best to upgrade the kernel first
and boot into it before unpacking the other files though I think.
My standard warning about sysinst/mac68k -- back up the system first!
-bob