cvs: php-master-web / fbsd_upgrade.txt

sas Tue Aug 19 20:35:15 2003 EDT Modified files: /php-master-web fbsd_upgrade.txt Log: update, reformat, reword Index: php-master-web/fbsd_upgrade.txt diff -u php-master-web/fbsd_upgrade.txt:1.1 php-master-web/fbsd_upgrade.txt:1.2 --- php-master-web/fbsd_upgrade.txt:1.1 Fri Jul 12 05:25:39 2002 +++ php-master-web/fbsd_upgrade.txt Tue Aug 19 20:35:15 2003 @@ -1,53 +1,42 @@ - 1. Ensure that hw.ata.wc is set to 1. This was disabled by - default in FreeBSD 4.3. It was reenabled shortly after the - release, because of substantial performance loss. - - Add a line to /etc/loader.conf (hw.ata.wc=1) and reboot. - - 2. Track -STABLE: cd /usr/src && cvsup stable-supfile + 1. Track -STABLE: cd /usr/src && cvsup stable-supfile - 2.1. Read /usr/src/UPDATING. + 2. Read and understand /usr/src/UPDATING. - 3. Run mergemaster; this should be done by experienced - personel only. + 3. Run mergemaster; this should be done by experienced + personnel only. - 4. If mergemaster did not update /dev, run cd /dev && sh MAKDEV all + 4. If mergemaster did not update /dev, run + + cd /dev && sh MAKDEV all - 5. Extend PATH in /etc/rc to include - /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/var/qmail/bin + 5. Ensure that /etc/make.conf does not build unnecessary stuff + (such as Fortran, Objective C, sendmail, profiling libraries) - 6. Make sure that /etc/make.conf does not build unnecessary stuff - (such as Fortran, Objective C, sendmail, profiling libraries) - - 7. Check that fsck_y_enable="YES" exists in /etc/rc.conf. - We do not want fsck to dump into a shell and wait for console - input. - - 8. Check that the config file which you will be using for - rebuilding the kernel is up to date and that no new requirements - were introduced which you have not yet met. - - pair1: SMP/APIC_IO can be set; firewall optional. - pair2: SMP/APIC_IO MUST NOT be set; firewall MUST be set. - - Ensure that SMP and APIC_IO are only set, if the machine has - multiple processors. A SMP kernel will not boot on an UP - machine. "sysctl hw.ncpu" will tell you the number of CPUs. + 6. Verify that fsck_y_enable="YES" is defined in /etc/rc.conf. + Otherwise, fsck might wait for console input and halt the + boot process. + + 7. Verify that the kernel config file is up to date and that + no new requirements were added which have not been met + yet (refer to UPDATING). + + Constraints: + + pair1, 11, 12: SMP/APIC_IO can be set; firewall optional. + pair2: SMP/APIC_IO MUST NOT be set; firewall MUST be set. + + Ensure that SMP and APIC_IO are only set, if the machine has + multiple processors. A SMP kernel will not boot on an UP + machine. "sysctl hw.ncpu" will tell you the number of CPUs. - 9. make buildworld - - 10. make buildkernel KERNCONF=NEWPB1 + 8. make buildworld - or NEWPB2 on pair2. - - 11. make installkernel KERNCONF=NEWPB1 + 9. make buildkernel installkernel KERNCONF=NEWPB1 - ditto - - 12. Reboot. + Adapt kernel config name as necessary. - 13. make installworld + 10. Reboot. - 14. Reboot. + 11. make installworld - [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-disk.html + 12. Reboot.