From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 17 7: 2:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay.cigital.com (relay.cigital.com [64.80.176.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4E1937B406; Fri, 17 May 2002 07:02:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from exchange.cigital.com (exchange.cigital.com [10.1.20.3]) by relay.cigital.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6C09BA39; Fri, 17 May 2002 10:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: by exchange.cigital.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <2VH4F8YK>; Fri, 17 May 2002 09:55:26 -0400 Message-ID: <51CC94132526754995E79DCF28C0C34D09B831@exchange.cigital.com> From: Yanek Korff To: 'Mike Hoskins' , Nikhil Mittal Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable Subject: RE: upgrading to 4.5-stable ??? Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:55:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message