Installing on zx6000

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 11:44:18AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> 
> On Jul 3, 2012, at 4:27 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> >>> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> >>> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
> >>> Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0x9ffc000000010500...
> >>> ***********************************************************
> >>> * ROM Version : 02.31
> >>> * ROM Date    : 03/11/2004
> >>> * BMC Version :  01.53
> >>> ***********************************************************
> >> 
> >> I can possibly explain this one, having bitten by it myself:
> 
> This one should be fixed now in FreeBSD -current as of revision 238190.
> 
> >>> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> >>> uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
> >>> uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
> >>> da0 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
> >>> ***********************************************************
> >>> * ROM Version : 02.31
> >>> * ROM Date    : 03/11/2004
> >>> * BMC Version :  01.53
> >>> ***********************************************************
> >> 
> >> This one could be related to the USB stack. If it is, then it
> >> means you have a CD in the DVD drive and all you need to do
> >> is eject the disc. If you don't have a disc in the CD drive
> 
> Inserting a DVD in the driver after booting and accessing the
> driver (e.g. mounting it) works just fine. Resetting the
> device with a DVD inserted also properly detaches, attaches
> and detect media.
> 
> So, fundamentally, things are working. I need to reproduce the
> problem again before I can analyze it further.

Marcel,

I went for an easy option, and installed from 8.1-RELEASE DVD.

Now, can I hope to update to -current in one jump?
Any particular problems I should prepare for?

Are these instructions still valid:
http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?AA18FBE5-DF42-4B2B-B473-1BCAF3FC8472

Or is this no longer relevant in 10.0 -current?


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