From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 29 7:35: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from PHSEXCHICI.MGH.HARVARD.EDU (phsexchici.mgh.harvard.edu [132.183.126.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A6A337B405 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 07:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by phsexchici.mgh.harvard.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 10:34:36 -0400 Message-ID: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF1AD5@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu> From: "Morse, Richard E." To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Updating question (yes, I know that this has been rehashed many t imes...) Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 10:34:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! I've read the handbook. I've done searches on the group (although I might have missed something), and I'm still confused. I have 4.5-release (no patches yet), and I want to upgrade with the security patches. I've figured out cvsup, and have the latest sources from TAG=RELENG_4_5. I've generated my new kernel configuration file just fine (although, quick question: do I need 'pseudo-device md'?). So I'm ready to compile a new kernel / world, and install. Here's where I get confused. I know I start with: cd /usr/src make -j4 buildworld KERNCONF=EINSTEIN --go to single-user mode cd /usr/src make installworld KERNCONF=EINSTEIN mergemaster cd /dev ./MAKEDEV all --reboot Do I have mergemaster in the correct position? (Also, can I just type it from the command line, or do I need a path to it?) Is everything else correct? Have I forgotten anything? Thanks, Ricky ----------------------------------------------------- Richard Morse System Administrator MGH Biostatistics Center 50 Staniford St. Rm 560 remorse@partners.org 617/724-9830 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message