Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:48:29 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 4.4 Message-ID: <20011016104829.B58711@jonc.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20011015173327.E4944@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>; from leblanc%2Bfreebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 05:33:27PM -0400 References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1011015143523.11638F-100000@isua5.iastate.edu> <20011015154852.D4944@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <20011015222132.B36840@drex.staff.izr.com> <20011015173327.E4944@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 05:33:27PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> Actually, you really should installworld before building the kernel.
> I have never had trouble with this, and this follows the suggestions I
> have seen on this list in the last 2 or 3 months. That is how I
> upgraded from 4.3 to 4.4 with not a single hitch, hangup, or
> hesitation.
You got lucky. Don't do this. When you've got some major changes happens
in kernel (eg wd driver is removed), you'll be left with a non-working
system and the likelihood of being unable to build your system with
the updated toolset.
The recommended way is in the Handbook. If you do it any other way,
anything goes wrong, it's own your fault.
--
Jonathan Chen | To do is to be -- Nietzsche
<jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> | To be is to do -- Sartre
| Scooby do be do -- Scooby
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