From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 28 12: 9:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA18537B401 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:09:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63F4B43E75 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:09:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9SK8ReZ040123; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:08:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9SK84tK040120; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:08:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:08:04 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Tim Kientzle Cc: "M. Warner Losh" , current@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@wemm.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: you need to install a new kernel before an installworld. Message-ID: <20021028200804.GA40020@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <3DBAE1FA.2010209@acm.org> <20021026.234211.117680655.imp@bsdimp.com> <3DBD9672.9000308@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DBD9672.9000308@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:56:34AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > M. Warner Losh wrote: > > >Tim Kientzle writes: > > >: ... 'installkernel' is not filling it's contract: it is > >: not ensuring that the next boot uses the new kernel. > > > >Are you sure you need new bootblocks? I've not had issues and am > >pretty careless about when I do installworld vs installkernel. > > > >You need them for the 4.x -> 5.0 upgrade, but I didn't think you've > >needed new ones for a long time now. > > In case you've forgotten, in another month or two, > thousands of people are going to be upgrading > from 4.x -> 5.0. Those are going to be people > who don't regularly read -current or even -stable. > The upgrade process right now is getting pretty > ugly and needs to be cleaned up some before > release. > Peter's comments that started this thread included info for people *already* running -current. He simply reviewed the *standard* procedure for updating a -current system. He was not addressing the 4.x to 5.0 upgrade path. Installing new boot blocks is a one time issue and it is not part of the standard updating procedure. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message