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.\" $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.30 2015/05/09 08:13:35 snj Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Pp
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The easiest way to upgrade to
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.Nx
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\*V
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is with binaries, and that is the method documented here.
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.Pp
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.ie \n[atari] \{\
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To do the upgrade, you must first boot the system as described in the
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.Sx Booting the installer
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section.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.ie \n[mac68k]:\n[macppc]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64] \{\
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To do the upgrade, you must boot the install kernel using one of
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the methods described above.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.ie \n[pmax] \{\
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To do the upgrade, you must install new bootblocks and boot off
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the
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.Ic install
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kernel as described in the
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.Sx Installing from an existing system
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section.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.ie \n[x68k] \{\
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As noted above, you must have the
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.Pa loadbsd.x
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utility and the installation kernel you chose, or the
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boot floppies available to do the upgrade.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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To do the upgrade, you must have one form of boot media available.
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.\}\}\}\}
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You must also have at least the
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.Sy base
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and
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.Sy kern
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binary distribution sets available.
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Finally, you must have sufficient disk space available to install the
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new binaries.
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Since files already installed on the system are overwritten in place,
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you only need additional free space for files which weren't previously
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installed or to account for growth of the sets between releases.
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.Pp
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Since upgrading involves replacing the kernel, boot blocks,
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and most of the system binaries, it has the
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potential to cause data loss.
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You are strongly advised to
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.Em back up
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any important data on the
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.Nx
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partition or on
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another operating system's partition on your disk
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before beginning the upgrade process.
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.if \n[macppc] \{\
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Since installation of the bootloader will prevent
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.Tn Mac OS
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from using the disk and will prevent Open Firmware 3 machines from
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booting, there is an option to bypass this step.
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Make sure you know whether or not to install the bootloader.
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.\}
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.Pp
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The upgrade procedure
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is similar to an installation, but without the hard disk partitioning.
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.Pp
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Fetching the binary sets is done in the same manner as the installation
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procedure; refer to the installation part of the document for help.
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File systems are checked before unpacking the sets.
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.Pp
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After a new kernel has been copied to your hard disk, your
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machine is a complete
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.Nx
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\*V
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system.
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However, that doesn't mean that you're finished with the upgrade process.
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You will probably want to update the set of device nodes you have in
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.Pa /dev .
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If you've changed the contents of
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.Pa /dev
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by hand, you will need to be careful about this, but if
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not, you can just cd into
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.Pa /dev ,
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and run the command:
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "sh MAKEDEV all"
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.Pp
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.Ic sysinst
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will attempt to merge the settings stored in your
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.Pa /etc
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directory with the new version of
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.Nx
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using the
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.Xr postinstall 8
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utility.
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However,
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.Xr postinstall 8
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is only able to deal with changes that are easily automated.
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It is recommended that you use the
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.Xr etcupdate 8
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tool to merge any remaining configuration changes.
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