From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 14:06:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DB9D16A427 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:06:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB3143D7C for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:06:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7D95CE0; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:06:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 67049-03; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:06:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-161-129-91.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.129.91]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C52885C73; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:06:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4412D95C.6090103@mac.com> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:06:20 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lars@gmx.at References: <20060311105201.p0d50a73fwys80s0@webmail.dommel.be> <20060311100132.GA44110@xor.obsecurity.org> <4412B460.9050800@gmx.at> <20060311115136.GA96335@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <4412BCD1.9060700@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <4412BCD1.9060700@gmx.at> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make installworld fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:06:39 -0000 lars@gmx.at wrote: > Erik Trulsson wrote: [ ... ] >> It is sometimes necessary to reboot with the new kernel to have 'make >> installworld' work correctly (and the recommended procedure is to >> reboot into single user mode *before* running 'mergemaster -p' (which in >> turn is to be done before 'make installworld'). > Correct, I forgot since I hadn't been doing it in a while > (so much for reading the handbook...). > > But how do I know when it's necessary? If you know what the differences are between the installed system and what you are updating to, then you can figure out for yourself whether rebooting is necessary. > Or should I just reboot twice no matter what? UPDATING is supposed to mention sufficiently important changes that make rebooting necessary, but if you want the process of updating your system to always work properly, you should follow the steps as provided, without taking any shortcuts. But if you get it wrong, boot off the most recent ISO image, and either fix the problem or do a binary upgrade reinstallation... -- -Chuck