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$NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.5 1998/01/19 20:34:37 phil Exp $
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The upgrade to NetBSD _VER is a binary upgrade; it would be prohibitive
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to make users upgrade by compiling and installing the _VER sources, and
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it would be very difficult to even compile a set of instructions that
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allowed them to do so.
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To do the upgrade, you must have at least base.tgz on disk and
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a copy of the proper netbsd.default. It will require quite a bit
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of disk space to do the upgrade.
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Since upgrading involves replacing the kernel, and most of the system
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binaries, it has the potential to cause data loss. You are strongly
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advised to BACK UP ANY IMPORTANT DATA ON YOUR DISK, whether on the
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NetBSD partition or on another operating system's partition, before
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beginning the upgrade process.
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To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
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Assuming you have space, load the .tgz files onto disk
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some place. Then boot the floppy-144.fs image via the
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method you use. Under the install system, extract the
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.tgz files as mentioned below or read the i386 INSTALL
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notes for how to use sysinst.
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Extract the .tgz files. Remember to use the --unlink
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option with tar so it can replace binaries currently in use.
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For example, to extract base.tgz:
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cd /
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tar -xpzf /gz.files/base.tgz --unlink
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Extract all the .tgz files you want. You should carefully
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work at upgrading /etc. There may be changes to file formats
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depending on what version of NetBSD/pc532 you are running.
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BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING WITH SECURITY. The
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_VER distribution does contain support for password encryption.
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If you are upgrading from 1.0, it would be reasonable to save a
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copy of master.passwd and remove all passwords until after you
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upgrade. (NetBSD-1.0 did not ship with password encryption.)
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Place netbsd.default in / as the file netbsd.
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Reboot. (Remember, detbsd.default is a 9600 console line
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kernel. Read the last part of the new installation part of
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these notes to find out how to change your default speed.)
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After reboot, you should make sure you check your new file systems.
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