Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:56:04 +0300 From: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.x -> 5.x Message-ID: <20040114125604.107490d2.tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040109111133.GA58630@marvin.home.local> References: <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr> <20040107124038.GA37600@i18n.org> <20040109111133.GA58630@marvin.home.local>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:11:33 +1100 Tony Frank <tfrank@optushome.com.au> wrote: TF> > 5) mkdir /usr/tmpfs && make installworld DESTDIR=/usr/tmpfs TF> > 6) chflags noschg /bin/* /sbin/* /usr/bin/* /usr/sbin/* /usr/lib/* TF> > \ TF> > /usr/libexec/* TF> > 7) tar -C /usr/tmpfs -cpf . | tar -C / -xpvf - TF> > 8) reboot TF> TF> Is there any particular reason to do these steps 5-7 instead of just TF> a 'make installworld' ? Oh, YES IT IS! Yesterday, I've tried to upgrade 5.1 to 5.2. For some unknown yet to me reason (I'm investigating), make installworld failed somehwere in between, and I had to reinstall 5.1 from CD... Most of userlad programs crashed early, including csh, ls and even sh... -- Alex.
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