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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:02:52 +0100
From:      nik@iii.co.uk
To:        wwoods@cybcon.com
Cc:        THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr, ni@tellique.de, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading over the net.....  (minimalist howto)
Message-ID:  <19980723150252.19601@iii.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980723061458.wwoods@cybcon.com>; from William Woods on Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 06:14:58AM -0700
References:  <H000057c0171bdc3@MHS> <XFMail.980723061458.wwoods@cybcon.com>

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On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 06:14:58AM -0700, William Woods wrote:
> Regarding th second suggestion (doing a make buildworld)...will that hose my
> custom kernel I have now?

No. However, if you've got your kernel config file in 
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf then make sure you've got a backup copy of it outside
of the /usr/src hierarchy.

It's too easy to think "These sources seem to be corrupt, I'll remove them
and install a fresh set." and then get that sinking feeling 30 minutes
later when you realise you blew away your kernel configuration file.

As long as you follow the 'make world' tutorial linked to from the 
Handbook things should go smoothly.

N
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