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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.