Installing 6.2 from a 5.3 mini install CD...

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Peter Wood wrote:

> Good Afternoon,
>
> Does anyone have any knowledge, good or bad, about installing 6.2-RELEASE 
> from a 5.3-RELEASE mini install CD?
>
> The story is that I have a 5.3-RELEASE CD in my colo server in London (which 
> I have BIOS serial support w/ terminal server), and I know in the installer 
> you can specify the release name.
>
> I've tried to do this in VMware, I did a custom install, set the release name 
> to 6.2-RELEASE, installed only base. However as FreeBSD has enabled an option 
> for a SMP kernel, it didn't install a kernel and thus failed to boot.
>
> I was contimplating if I could install the kernel as a package or a non named 
> distribution. Is there anything I can do, or do I have to send a CD down and 
> hope my provider doesn't charge me to much?
>
> This'll teach me for not buying a CD-RW when I buy a new server... "What will 
> I need one of them for, it's a colo server.".

Install 5.3 (minimal), then cvsup sources to 6.2, then build and install 
from source.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA