Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:48:34 +0100 From: "lars@gmx.at" <lars@gmx.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make installworld fails Message-ID: <4412F152.2030008@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <20060311144017.GA9892@flame.pc> References: <20060311105201.p0d50a73fwys80s0@webmail.dommel.be> <20060311100132.GA44110@xor.obsecurity.org> <4412B460.9050800@gmx.at> <20060311144017.GA9892@flame.pc>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > No. `UPDATING' mentions running `mergemaster -p' *AFTER* rebooting into > single user mode, not *BEFORE*. Yes, sorry, I'm mixing things up. >> Lately I've skipped that step with no adverse side-effects, saves me one >> reboot :-) > > You'll start booting into single user mode again, when you try to run > `make installworld' with an old kernel and have it blow up, leaving you > with a half installed base system and a lot of `interesting' work in > front of you. Or when you install everything without a reboot, replace > your old working userland and then find out that your new kernel is > unbootable and your new userland is unusable without a new kernel. > > Booting into single user mode guarantees that you have verified at least > once that the new kernel works. There's a very good reason why this is > recommended :) You're right, the time saved with one less reboot is not worth the risk of salvaging a half-updated system. Thanks for the clarification. lars.
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