From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 13 13:50:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFEC937B50F for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 13:50:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA66654; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:50:46 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id OAA90931; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:50:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200009132050.OAA90931@harmony.village.org> To: Andy Farkas Subject: Re: make buildkernel not working Cc: Kent Stewart , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:47:30 +1100." References: Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:50:16 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message Andy Farkas writes: : 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... No, you don't have to reboot for a 4.x -> 4.x upgrade. I leave it in because it will always be safe to do this and I don't like revising the instructions too often. So, yes, you can get away with a shutdown now. You can often get away with a make installworld on a live system followed by a reboot, but while installworld is running, things are in an inconsistant state and problems may happen. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message