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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>
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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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