>On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 01:06:22AM -0600, Donald Lee wrote:
>> All,
>> 
>> I am trying to upgrade my machine from NetBSD 1.6.1 to NetBSD 1.6.2.
>> 
>> My basic plan is to unpack the distro tarballs on top of the running
>> system, and then reboot.  Naturally, I need to deal with the changes in
>> /etc and elsewhere.
>
>Here is how I have upgraded several systems several times.
>
>First I install the new kernel as netbsd.new. I reboot with netbsd.new
>just to make sure it runs.
>
>Then I unpack the base.tgz and whichever other sets *other than etc.tgz*
>that I want.
>
>I create a directory /tmp/b and unpack etc.tgz in it. I run "etcupate
>-b /tmp/b" to bring /etc and siblings up to date.
>
>Finally, I run /etc/postinstall check all ; /etc/postinstall fix [...],
>which cleans up obsolete files (at your option) and does other things to
>bring your install up-to-date. I am a little hazy about the postinstall
>step, myself.  It seems like postinstall wants for the sources to be
>available.
>
>> Is this the "recommended" way to do an upgrade like this these days?
>> Documentation seems to say "use sysinst".
>
>I feel more confident with the procedure I describe above than using
>sysinst.

My feelings, exactly. ;->

Thanks.  I'll report back any "interesting" findings.

-dgl-