Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:25:40 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: dan@slightlystrange.org, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG " <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.7 Upgrade issue - Daniel Bye Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20030226102540.01df1238@sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20030226154635.GG55640@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> References: <20030226152725.0B4EB43F3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20030226152725.0B4EB43F3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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At 03:46 PM 2.26.2003 +0000, Daniel Bye wrote: >On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:13:30PM +0000, rew wrote: >> >> I upgraded my system several times before, >> >> are you saying that one is unable to run successfuly 'make installworld' until the new kernel is booted? > >I am saying that according to the authors of the handbook, there is a >particular order to follow when upgrading your system. Any deviation away >from this procedure is likely to lead to problems. > <Lot snipped out> You do NOT have to boot the new kernel before running "make installworld" HOWEVER, it is recommended that you do boot the new kernel before proceding just to test it. If there is a problem with the new kernel, you can still revert back to the old and start over. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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