Subject: Re: upgrade from 2.0 to 2.0.2
To: Peter I. Hansen <pih@xbase.dk>
From: Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@iki.fi>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/15/2005 13:06:15
Peter I. Hansen wrote:

>>Or get the binaries and extract them
>>
>>cd /tmp
>>ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0.2/i386/binary/sets/
>>  bi
>>  prompt
>>  mg *tgz
>>  bye
>>
>>rm etc.tgz
>>for i in *tgz
>>do
>>  tar xpfz $i -C /
>>done
>>
>>Then get or compile your kernel...
> 
> 
> I'm a bit confused here. You prefer compiling the new kernel as
> the last step. I know it should not make a big difference when
> it's only from 2.0->2.0.2, but there must be a 'best way' of
> doing things...

My mistake: always compile a new kernel (or install it from the
binary sets), reboot and install (or compile) everything else.

Martti