Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:37:13 -0500 From: Richard Coleman <rcoleman@criticalmagic.com> To: Jonathan Fosburgh <jonathan@fosburgh.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5-STABLE to 6-CURRENT Message-ID: <42079939.7060406@criticalmagic.com> In-Reply-To: <200502071014.33335.jonathan@fosburgh.org> References: <200502070810.53809.jonathan@fosburgh.org> <42078E66.3080204@criticalmagic.com> <200502071014.33335.jonathan@fosburgh.org>
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Jonathan Fosburgh wrote: > On Monday 07 February 2005 09:51, Richard Coleman wrote: > > >>I just did this exact upgrade on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 4100) a few >>days ago, and didn't have a problem. The only extra step that I did was >>start with a clean copy of GENERIC and merge in my changes, rather than >>carry over my old kernel config file (although I'm not sure if it was >>really necessary). So far, everything is running fine. > > > And what was your procedure? :) Normal make buildworld/kernel/reboot, etc? > Yes. I keep a copy of the cvs tree on my laptop. So, I just checked out HEAD, copied GENERIC and modified it, then did the normal procedure for building and installing a new kernel and world (including reboot into single user mode, install world, mergemaster, etc). Essentially the same procedure that is in the handbook, or at the bottom of UPDATING. Richard Coleman rcoleman@criticalmagic.com
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