From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 3 12:23:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16912 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:23:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16907 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:23:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA04878; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:23:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:23:11 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Tom Brown cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: can I rebuild a kernel having done buildworld but not install world. In-Reply-To: <36665C8F.30798BD2@netlink.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Tom Brown wrote: > Hi, > I've got this massively busy web server currently running 2.2.5 . I've > cvsup'ed to 2.2.8 and done make buildworld. > I have not yet done the make installworld. Mostly because the down time > will have to be scheduled. > > My question is, having done make buildworld, can I recompile and install > a new kernel before I do installworld. No, you must to the installworld first so the updated build tools are available. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message