Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:50:39 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0-PRERELEASE installworld fails Message-ID: <20080106085039.18737c09@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20472679@bb.ipt.ru> References: <77508.48743.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <86555282@bb.ipt.ru> <20080106081724.761e48d5@makeworld.com> <20472679@bb.ipt.ru>
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On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:28:08 +0300 Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:17:24 -0600 Chris wrote: > > > Additionally - mergemasted can be skipped if the Op does not have > > custom tweaks to files in /etc. > > Yes and no... > > Yes to "mergemaster -p" -- it may be skipped in short jumps. But > better safe than sorry -- as for me I use it always. It's not too > hard anyway. ;-) > > No to "mergemaster -i" -- this step is mandatory. One may (though > rarely but nevertheless may) get an unbootable host without this > step. While this may be true - I never use mmaster with incremental upgrades. I do however with full version jumps - never had a system go bad - of course, your mileage may vary. -- Best regards, Chris C-3PO: R2 says that the chances of survival are 725 to 1. Actually R2 has been known to make mistakes - from time to time... Oh dear...
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