Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> rgf wrote:
> 
>> Currently running NetBSD i386 1.6.1
>> I've downloaded the 2.0 sets to my /usr partition:
>>     /usr/downloads/NetBSD20/*
>>
>> I was thinking of upgrading to 2.0 manually like we 
>> used to do in NetBSD-mac68k, by copying over the kernel, rebooting, 
>> then extracting all of the sets manually with tar or pax.
>>
>> Will this work, or will there be problems?  The NetBSD INSTALL 
>> doc says that upgrading using sysinst will replace the boot blocks.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, you can upgrade "manually" like this - it's the way I usually do 
> it.  Here are the steps I use:
> 
> 1. Install new kernel and reboot.
> 2.  extract all sets into / ***except*** for etc.tgz and xetc.tgz
> 3.  create /tmp/temproot (or some other directory)
> 4. extract etc.tgz and xetc.tgz into /tmp/temproot
> 5. run etcupdate -b /tmp/temproot and merge changes to etc files
> 6. reboot.
> 
> ... works quite well for me.  Most of my upgrades are smaller jumps than 
> 1.6 to 2.0, but the principal is the same.  I suggest reading up on 
> etcupdate, since that's the trickiest part.

Thanks for the info.
Is "etcupdate" part of "postinstall"  It looks like they do a lot of the 
same things.

Looks like I'll also have to revert my ssh and postfix from the package 
versions back to the base versions.

Thanks,
Roger