Subject: Re: upgrading distribution
To: port-hpcsh list <port-hpcsh@netbsd.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: port-hpcsh
Date: 08/26/2005 23:40:02
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 15:32:46 -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
> > No need to reformat the card, just untar the sets except the etc.tgz
> > in single user mode (or on another machine) and run postinstall(8).
> >
>
> So you mean untar them OVER the current installation?
Yes.
> And can I run postinstall also on the other machine,
You should be able to, e.g. standard netbsd (cross) build runs it.
> or it must be run on the 680?
It might be easier to run "na{t,}ively" on the 680. Less options to
worry about ;).
SY, Uwe
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