Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 03:32:05 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199902170832.DAA24878@zippy.bernstein.com>
From: maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com>
To: sms@moe.2bsd.com
CC: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au
In-reply-to: <199902170515.VAA23159@moe.2bsd.com> (sms@moe.2bsd.com)
Subject: Re: 2.9BSD:  mbuf.h
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>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:15:02 -0800 (PST)
>From: "Steven M. Schultz" <sms@moe.2bsd.com>
>
>	I believe the 2.9-Seismo update is in the PUPS archive (should be
>	on the CD but my memory isn't ECC these days ;-)).  It's a fairly
>	painful upgrade process because it changes the a.out header format
>	for overlaid processes (goes from 7 to 15 overlays).  If you're not
>	real careful you'll have (as I did ;-)) a real mess:  can't finish
>	the upgrade because the old kernel doesn't support the new overlaid
>	processes but you can't build a new kernel because doing so needs
>	those processes.  Something like that.  It was "interesting" ;)

Sounds like fun.  Any hints on the correct upgrade path to avoid this
lossage?

Better yet, would you be willing and able to upload a disk image or
tar file of an upgraded system to the PUPS archive (or directly to me
if it's not of general interest), so I could use that as a starting
point?

Cheers,
entropy

--
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