Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 15:17:20 -0700 (PDT) From: alex@wnm.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/18683: Insufficient detail in /usr/src/UPDATING instructions Message-ID: <20000519221720.E037437B9AF@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 18683 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Insufficient detail in /usr/src/UPDATING instructions >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 19 15:20:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Alex Charalabidis >Release: 4.0-RELEASE >Organization: WebNet Memphis >Environment: 4.0-RELEASE 4.0-STABLE >Description: The section on updating from 3.x to 4.0 in /usr/src/UPDATING is missing an instruction to mount the filesystems after booting in single user mode. While far from critical, less experienced users, including those who may never have had reason to boot in single-user mode, can and will be confused. >How-To-Repeat: Follow the instructions in lines 63 and 64 of the file literally. Watch it fail to find /usr/src. >Fix: --- UPDATING Fri May 19 17:08:44 2000 +++ UPDATING.patched Fri May 19 17:09:59 2000 @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [*] reboot <in single user> + <mount your filesystems> cd /usr/src make -DNOINFO installworld make installworld >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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