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To: kientzle@acm.org
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: you need to install a new kernel before an
 installworld.
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
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In message: <3DBAE1FA.2010209@acm.org>
            Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> writes:
: 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.

Are you sure you need new bootblocks?  I've not had issues and am
pretty careless about when I do installworld vs installkernel.

You need them for the 4.x -> 5.0 upgrade, but I didn't think you've
needed new ones for a long time now.

Warner

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