From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 6 0:12:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AEE515129 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:12:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA21370; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:11:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Chuck Robey Cc: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mount problems after lockup In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 06 Dec 1999 02:10:57 EST." Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 09:11:37 +0100 Message-ID: <21368.944467897@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Chuck Rob ey writes: >> >Excuse me, Poul, I have to switch back and forth for a day on one machine, >> >can I run MAKEDEV to prepare for the new devs without ruining the system >> >for a kernel that's about 4 months old? >> >> No, 4 months is too old. > >Then if I have to do this in multiple steps, can I upgrade to current as >it was before you changed out the bdevs-cdevs (I'll hunt down the commit) >and do that in one step, get it working, then MAKEDEV and do another step >taking it the rest of the way to current? Make a backup. Upgrade your kernel first. Then make world Then MAKEDEV. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message