Binary upgrade NetBSD

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Introduction

To upgrade the NetBSD from one version to another (greater), grab the archives (sets) from the nearest mirror.
By default, check ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/

New kernel

After you downloaded a new kernel image and the modules set, extract them to the / directory and reboot your computer:

# tar xzpvf kern-GENERIC.tgz -C /
# cd /
# tar -zxpf ~/modules.tgz
# reboot

Userland

If everything went well, you can proceed to upgrading the userland:

# cd /
# tar -zxpf ~/base.tgz
# tar -zxpf ~/comp.tgz
# ...

Update /etc

postinstall(8) will first check and fix most things that can be automated, and etcupdate(8) in the second step will ask on what to merge:

# /usr/sbin/postinstall -s ~/etc.tgz check
# /usr/sbin/postinstall -s ~/etc.tgz fix
# /usr/sbin/etcupdate -s ~/etc.tgz
# shutdown -r now

You should now have an upgraded (and still working system).

You can proceed to the packages upgrade (using pkg_add -uu or pkg_chk).

That's all folks.
Marcin

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