From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 13 13:48: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from backup.af.speednet.com.au (af.speednet.com.au [202.135.188.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC9537B440 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 13:48:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from backup.af.speednet.com.au (backup.af.speednet.com.au [172.22.2.4]) by backup.af.speednet.com.au (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e8DKlUj46464; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:47:31 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:47:30 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-Sender: andyf@backup.af.speednet.com.au To: Kent Stewart Cc: Warner Losh , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildkernel not working In-Reply-To: <39BFCA61.1A56605C@urx.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Kent Stewart wrote to Warner Losh: > You have the following > > To update from 4.0-RELEASE or later to the most current > 4.x-STABLE > ---------- > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > make installkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > reboot (in single user) [1] Do you _have_ to reboot? Can you get away with a 'shutdown now', or do you have to load the new kernel before an installworld? (the [1] note implies not). I am guessing the object is to quiet down the system, and if this is the case, then surely a shutdown is preferable to a reboot... > make installworld > reboot > > You need to suggest a mergemaster before the reboot. > > Kent > > > > > Warner > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message