Upgrading to FreeBSD 6.0-Stable

I recently upgraded my FreeBSD server at home to 6.0-Stable after sticking it through with 5.3 for sometime now.

The upgrade was pretty simple.

Edit: /usr/sup/stable-supfile

Changed:
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 to *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6

$> cd /usr/src
$> make update
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>>> Running /usr/local/bin/cvsup
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Parsing supfile "/usr/sup/stable-supfile"
Connecting to cvsup11.FreeBSD.org
Connected to cvsup11.FreeBSD.org
Server software version: SNAP_16_1h
Negotiating file attribute support
Exchanging collection information
Establishing multiplexed-mode data connection
Running
...

I then read over /usr/src/UPDATING (... from 5.x-stable or higher to 6.x-stable.) to make sure there was nothing critical which had to be done before upgrading.


$> make buildworld
$> make kernel

Note that I did not specify KERNCONF. This is because I have this variable defined in make.conf along with others. It is highly recommended to reboot into single at this point, but I choose not to. After make kernel, I proceeded with:

$> mergemaster -p
$> make installworld
$> mergemaster -i

before rebooting the machine. After "make installworld" "mergemaster -i" it is essential that the machine is rebooted, otherwise the system will become unstable real quick. I was releived to see the following when the machine started:

Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sat Nov 5 12:54:51 EST 2005