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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2001 00:26:43 +0200
From:      Maxime Henrion <mux@qualys.com>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Cc:        Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Subject:   Re: My Vinum heart attack
Message-ID:  <20010402002643.A384@nebula.cybercable.fr>
In-Reply-To: <87vgooi7kz.fsf@pooh.honeypot>; from kirk@strauser.com on Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 05:22:20PM -0500
References:  <87vgooi7kz.fsf@pooh.honeypot>

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Kirk Strauser wrote:
> Read on to find out how the world almost lost a loyal FreeBSD user to
> heart-attack and/or stroke:
> 
> I use cvsup to track 4.x-STABLE, and use the following procedure (from
> /usr/src/UPDATING) to make world from time to time.
> 
> ################
> 
>         To update from 4.0-RELEASE or later to the most current
>         4.x-STABLE
>         ----------
>         make buildworld
>         make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
>         make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
>         reboot  (in single user) [1]
>         make installworld
>         mergemaster
>         reboot
> 
> ################
> 
[...]

You should have used 'shutdown now' to switch into single user
mode.

Maxime
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