Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:42:12 -0500 From: Drew Derbyshire <software@kew.com> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.0s --> 3.0s and http://www.freebsd.org/ down Message-ID: <36AE60E4.7F507E38@kew.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901242332010.27835-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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Tom wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Drew Derbyshire wrote:
>
> > The web site is down, making the retrieval of the web page referenced by the
> > aout-to-elf install procedure impossible. Two things:
> >
> > 1. Can someone who already downloaded the page mail it to me?
> > 2. I submit that if this information is critical to the upgrade, it should
> > be included in the directory with the generic upgrade kernel (or other
> > good place) on the local machine. Assuming the installer has a working
> > web browser is a bit generous at time like this.
>
> The page is back up.
>
> The information is contained in /usr/src already (the targets are
> described in great detail in the Makefile).
>
I have to disagree here -- I READ the base /usr/src makefile and it didn't tell me
that I could safely install and reboot having done the aout-to-build followed by
aout-to-elf-install. Rather the kernel install barfed warning me to go read the
page, at which point I didn't know if the full rebuild had handled the problem for
me. I don't know what's on the page, but instructions for getting boot blocks
updated (or notification it was done) needs to be in the build itself.
-ahd-
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Drew Derbyshire UUPC/extended e-mail: software@kew.com
Telephone: 617-279-9812
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