Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:52:30 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from 5.3 to 6.0 Message-ID: <F7C8FE76-007F-4729-9184-B8866AE764A1@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <436F0BE8.5080309@xs4all.nl> References: <E71BC3EA-7C4A-426B-A84F-08F72F51663B@lafn.org> <436EF109.2010706@xs4all.nl> <245F198F-4E74-48F4-9DC2-550B7AFEAA3E@lafn.org> <436F0BE8.5080309@xs4all.nl>
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On Nov 7, 2005, at 00:10, Hans Nieser wrote: > Doug Hardie wrote: >> On Nov 6, 2005, at 22:15, Hans Nieser wrote: >>> Doug Hardie wrote: > >>>> I am in the midst of upgrading via source from 5.3 to 6.0. All >>>> is going fine, but the instructions in UPDATING do not include >>>> a make installkernel command. I know that needs to be done >>>> somewhere. I suspect between the buildkernel and the reboot. > >>> I think it says "make kernel ...", which apparently does both > >> I see that now. But, then how do you build multiple kernels? I >> maintain all source on one system and build all the kernels >> there. I don't want to install them as they won't work. Also, I >> don't want to build them on the production machines, just install >> them. > > I think you can still use the buildkernel and installkernel targets > for that purpose, they are still mentioned in the Makefile at least. I verified that is correct. Thanks. I was able to build multiple kernels successfully without having to install them all.
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