From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 26 11:51:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD6337B401 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from encontacto.net (adsl-64-173-182-158.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [64.173.182.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A5343E6A for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:51:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by encontacto.net with local; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:51:24 -0700 Received: from adsl-64-173-182-155.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net (adsl-64-173-182-155.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [64.173.182.155]) by Mail.EnContacto.Net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:51:23 -0700 Message-ID: <1035658283.3dbae42bf2a35@Mail.EnContacto.Net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:51:23 -0700 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: "kientzle@acm.org" Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" , Peter Wemm Subject: Re: HEADS UP: you need to install a new kernel before an installworld. References: <3DBAE1FA.2010209@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <3DBAE1FA.2010209@acm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.0-cvs X-Originating-IP: 64.173.182.155 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting Tim Kientzle : | Peter Wemm wrote: | | > 'make installworld' without ... a new kernel would be rather messy. | | > ... a reminder of the sequence is probably in order: | > buildworld | > buildkernel | > installkernel | > reboot | > installworld | > reboot | | | This _does_not_work_ because 'installkernel' does | not update the bootblocks. It should. Otherwise, | 'installkernel' is not filling it's contract: it is | not ensuring that the next boot uses the new kernel. | It has worked for me this morning. I seem to have successfully installed and rebooted 3 vastly different machines. Laptop, desktop and a scsi, raid10, server, with no noticable problems. Now you've made me very nervious ;-) ed | An alternative: have installkernel link the new kernel | file back to the old location, at least until 5.1. | That way, either old or new boot blocks would boot | the new kernel. (This may be the better approach | all around; it leaves the downgrade option available | for a little bit longer.) | | Tim Kientzle | | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message | -- ------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message