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From: Yanek Korff <yanek@cigital.com>
To: 'Mike Hoskins' <mike@adept.org>,
	Nikhil Mittal <nikhil@east.isi.edu>
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Subject: RE: upgrading to 4.5-stable ???
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:55:25 -0400
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Out of curiosity, are there drawbacks to:
make buildworld
make installworld
make buildkernel ...
make installkernel ...

?

-Yanek.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hoskins [mailto:mike@adept.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:08 PM
> To: Nikhil Mittal
> Cc: questions@freebsd.org; freebsd-stable
> Subject: Re: upgrading to 4.5-stable ???
> 
> 
> On Mon, 13 May 2002, Nikhil Mittal wrote:
> 
> > As i was going thru the "UPDATING" file, do i need to 
> compile the new kernel
> > first before doing make world ?? Also how do i create a 
> rescue disk ??
> > Please suggest other cautions too!
> 
> My usual procedure is,
> (using pre-tweaked kernel config)
> cvsup -g -L2 supfile
> cd /usr/src
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> make installworld
> reboot
> 
> This is on my own lightly-loaded system.  On busy servers, I 
> take them out
> of service and boot singleuser before doing installworld.
> 
> For what I believe is a detailed and 'cautious' step-by-step 
> guide, refer
> to the handbook:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/makeworld.html
> 
> Good luck,
> -Mike
> 
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>  safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."  --Benjamin Franklin
> 
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