From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 28 15:21: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B51AF37B401 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:21:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CA043E4A for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:21:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.3/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9SNL2gQ043461 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:21:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.3/8.12.5/Submit) id g9SNL19q043458; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:21:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:21:01 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200210282321.g9SNL19q043458@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Peter Wemm Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: you need to install a new kernel before an installworld. In-Reply-To: <20021028225555.5630B2A88D@canning.wemm.org> References: <20021026.234211.117680655.imp@bsdimp.com> <20021028225555.5630B2A88D@canning.wemm.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < said: > /boot/loader though is a different story. 'make installkernel' does not > install the new loader. However, most non-ancient 4.x loaders can > boot a 5.x kernel sufficiently well that this shouldn't be a crisis. Or, > they used to be able to when I last tried it (not too long ago). As noted, it worked for me as recently as Thursday. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message