Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:31:18 -0400 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble upgrading from 3.5-S to 4.1-S... Message-ID: <39A3E036.9C43E0CA@magpage.com> References: <39A3D197.914762C7@magpage.com> <20000823101520.A4478@stat.Duke.EDU>
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Sean O'Connell wrote: > > Daniel Frazier stated: > : Hello all, > : I finally bit the bullet and am upgrading my box at work to 4.1-STABLE. I'm > : following the instructions in UPDATING...I successfully made world, built and > : then installed a new kernel, and then this... > > Daniel- > > If you installed the new kernel, then it installed the new modules. > This assumes that you did a "make buildkernel KERNEL=GENERIC; make > installkernel KERNEL=GENERIC". I believe this step in UPDATING needs > to be removed because the buildkernel/installkernel targets include > the building and installing of the modules (which can be annoying if > you build/maintain multiple kernels ... -DNO_MODULES is your friend > in this case). > > Do you have a /modules directory populated with new *.ko (same > mod times as /kernel and a /modules.old? If so, you are in business > and can forego that step. > > Hope this helps, > S Niiiice!!! Everything was just as you said. Thanks Sean, you're right, UPDATING needs to be updated... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 System Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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