Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:51:23 -0700 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: "kientzle@acm.org" <kientzle@acm.org> Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: you need to install a new kernel before an installworld. Message-ID: <1035658283.3dbae42bf2a35@Mail.EnContacto.Net> In-Reply-To: <3DBAE1FA.2010209@acm.org> References: <bulk.15293.20021025234418@hub.freebsd.org> <3DBAE1FA.2010209@acm.org>
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Quoting Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>: | Peter Wemm wrote: | | > 'make installworld' without ... a new kernel would be rather messy. | | > ... a reminder of the sequence is probably in order: | > buildworld | > buildkernel | > installkernel | > reboot | > installworld | > reboot | | | This _does_not_work_ because 'installkernel' does | not update the bootblocks. It should. Otherwise, | 'installkernel' is not filling it's contract: it is | not ensuring that the next boot uses the new kernel. | It has worked for me this morning. I seem to have successfully installed and rebooted 3 vastly different machines. Laptop, desktop and a scsi, raid10, server, with no noticable problems. Now you've made me very nervious ;-) ed | An alternative: have installkernel link the new kernel | file back to the old location, at least until 5.1. | That way, either old or new boot blocks would boot | the new kernel. (This may be the better approach | all around; it leaves the downgrade option available | for a little bit longer.) | | Tim Kientzle | | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message | -- ------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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