From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 15 12:46:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA09376 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:46:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09363 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:46:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA35284; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:46:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:46:14 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Karl Pielorz cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Still safe to do a remote 'installworld'? In-Reply-To: <369F776A.138BAAB3@tdx.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Am I still safe to do the equivalent of a 'remote' install world? - I have 2 x > 3.0 boxes, one which is fresh 3.0-RELEASE, the other which is 3.0-CURRENT... > If I take the /usr/src & /usr/obj directories from sucsessful 'buildworld' on > the -current machine can I run an 'installworld' on the -release machine? I've done that a number of times in the last month or two. Works like a charm. One thing to watch out for is that kernel's are now ELF which means you must install the new bootblocks on the -release machine first. Also check out the mergemaster port for a handy way to update /etc. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message