From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 07:34:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661C2106566C for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:34:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f42.google.com (mail-ww0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00CC48FC1C for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:34:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so241635wwf.1 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:34:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:reply-to:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ip3Ve3LP+LkFW1pFKA1KNNBFhcs5sOBsSx7MxJnCo7g=; b=DoA8ndHxmj1cbDZfn6wNf9Z5wASxWj2/ztVWawb2ZXIWf4ltZ8PJAzA+iRFK9uzuFH FQ+/CX9bKpf9EOcl/WZzmfYKSUfxc2RHi/gJhF5TYC2Seo/LwmjU69EgNe45ROBxL4bx pBxdKoDVEZWJilKmCfZMv4365B/RsZ2D+lPRk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; b=RI615PeHXGuClIlvcfGleGjR9FczXHNglLRUdaL/k/GQxJf7NKyadHZhOHzCsHPD/a e9eAokFWlaxUXFuz2GOTTQckTjfrZKxLGotYWD01oF54cpMKltJDjlbCb5Eu90NuWbz+ rkcGeMZchWwfNZBOcw4scpRSHSy5FrmBquBL4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.203.71 with SMTP id e49mr3040384weo.60.1279870484549; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:34:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.171.10 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:34:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:34:44 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: zaxis Subject: Re: can i just upgrade the 8.1 kernel ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:34:46 -0000 >FreeBSD mybsd.zsoft.com 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jul 14 >15:35:26 CST 2010 >root at mybsd.zsoft.com:/media/G/usr/obj/media/G/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 > >Can i just use the following commands to upgrade to 8.1 kernel ? And does >the virtualbox-ose still work under 8.1 ? Check the mailing lists and PRs to see if anyone has had problems. It probably works. ># csup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.freebsd.org >/usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile I think that this file contains: *default release=cvs tag=. which would update /usr/src to 9-CURRENT (-head). That doesn't sound like what you want. Instead, you probably want the stable-supfile in the same directory instead, which probably has(check this yourself): *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8 That would update your sources to the latest 8-STABLE, which is a little in advance of 8.1. Or you could change the tag to RELENG_8_1, to be more conservative. That would be 8.1+critical updates, if any. ># cd /usr/src ># make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL ># make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL You probably want to update the rest of the base system as well as the kernel. Follow the instructions near the bottom of /usr/src/UPDATING, something like: cd /usr/src make buildworld kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL reboot in single user fsck -p / mount -u / mount -a adjkerntz -i mergemaster -p cd /usr/src make installworld make delete-old delete-old-libs mergemaster -i reboot b.