Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:25:03 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> Cc: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading/CVSUPping with bad ISP connection Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991028141404.4695A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19991028151057.01092eb8@mail.embt.com>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Tom Embt wrote: > Make sure you've installed the mergemaster port, it's not part of the base > distribution. > > This is the (slightly abbreviated) order of things: > > 1. Sync your source tree (eg, with cvsup). > 2. Check /usr/src/UPDATING for any important info. I very strongly suggest building a new kernel, installing it, and rebooting *before* building world. It is much easier to recover from a broken kernel than a broken world. New kernels work with old worlds, but the reverse isn't always true. At some point, this order will be required, since there are a bunch of changes in -CURRENT that require it, so now is a good time to start gettng used to it. When you try and config the kernel, you might get an error saying that you haven't got a new enough config. If you do see this, do the following: # cp /usr/sbin/config /usr/sbin/config.old # cd /usr/src/user.sbin/config # make cleandir # make && make install and try again. Doing things this way isn't any harder, and is much safer. It might take a bit longer since you should do a reboot after make installworld, but I think a machine that doesn't break is worth it. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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