static@mail.velenje.cx wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 	Would someone please explain to me the easiest way of going from
> 1.4.1 to -current without too much hassle? I have lots of nice things
> installed on my 5000/200's 1.4.1 installation, so I don't want to
> reinstall with the snapshot. The available documentation didn't have any
> insights on how to fix the many errors that I got.

The easiest way would be to use the recent snapshot under
pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/snapshot/1999-12-06.  Something like:

	cd /
	mv netbsd onetbsd			# back up old kernel
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/kern.tgz		# start with new kernel
	shutdown -r now
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/base.tgz		# extract snapshot
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/comp.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/games.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/kern.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/man.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/misc.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/text.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/xbase.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/xcomp.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/xcontrib.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/xfont.tgz
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/xserver.tgz
	mkdir etc-new
	cd etc-new
	tar xfpz /path/to/sets/etc.tgz
	# merge contents of new etc directory with /etc
	shutdown -r now

Doing it via source would be a bit more difficult.  You'd need to update
at least make(1) and gcc(1) and probably lots more just to get a clean
build.  I wonder if we have this documented anywhere?  David?

Simon.