Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:15:15 -0800 From: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> To: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <F11A0A08-39A6-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com> In-Reply-To: <20041109013813.GC576@internode.com.au> References: <20041109013813.GC576@internode.com.au>
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> > o update from cvs > # cd /usr/src > # make update > o build world/kernel in your normal or single-user mode > # cd /usr/obj > # rm -rf * > # cd /usr/src > # make buildworld > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL > o install kernel/world in single user mode > # reboot [ Choose single User Mode ] > # cd /usr/src > # make installkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL > # make installworld > o run mergemaster -p > # mergemaster -p > o reboot > # reboot > > It's fairly straight-forward once you get the gist :) > > Following Adam's suggestion, I have now gotten to the point where I rebooted into Single-User Mode, entered the /usr/src directory and then entered the command: make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL But it almost immediately comes back with errors about the fact that certain directories don't exist and problems with the fact that the file system is read only. Perhaps I entered Single User Mode wrong? On a reboot, I chose not to boot into any system, but to go directly to the loader prompt (something like that). Then I entered the command: boot -s Curtis
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