From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 03:11:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC7A16A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 03:11:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E67343D58 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 03:11:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tfrank@optushome.com.au) Received: from marvin.home.local (c211-28-241-189.eburwd5.vic.optusnet.com.au [211.28.241.189])i09BBYY18143; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:11:34 +1100 Received: by marvin.home.local (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AED2D28D; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:11:33 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:11:33 +1100 From: Tony Frank To: Hye-Shik Chang Message-ID: <20040109111133.GA58630@marvin.home.local> References: <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr> <20040107124038.GA37600@i18n.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040107124038.GA37600@i18n.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.x -> 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:11:39 -0000 Hi there, On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:40:38PM +0900, Hye-Shik Chang wrote: > > i want upgrade from 4.x to 5.x > For remote upgrade: > > 1) update your source tree to 5.x > 2) mergemaster -p > 3) cd /usr/src && make buildworld buildkernel > 4) mergemaster > 5) make installkernel > 5) mkdir /usr/tmpfs && make installworld DESTDIR=/usr/tmpfs > 6) chflags noschg /bin/* /sbin/* /usr/bin/* /usr/sbin/* /usr/lib/* \ > /usr/libexec/* > 7) tar -C /usr/tmpfs -cpf . | tar -C / -xpvf - > 8) reboot Is there any particular reason to do these steps 5-7 instead of just a 'make installworld' ? Thanks, Tony >