Re: system updates

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 08:11:48AM +0200, Pedro Pinho wrote:
> You can either use sysinst or, sysupgrade.
> 
> To use sysinst, fetch a new image from (assuming NetBSD-10)
> http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/ and use the upgrade
> option from the installer.
> Or, install sysutils <https://pkgsrc.se/sysutils>/sysupgrade and use it to
> upgrade the system.
> 
> See, chapter 4 of the guide,
> https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-upgrading.html

Another option (as long as you stay on the same release branch, e.g. update
a 10.0 installation to 10.0_STABLE or later 10.1 ...) is to just use
the installed version of sysinst, select Update and use
"currently running system" instead of some other disk as the update target.

Martin