From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 22 4:29: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lucifer.bart.nl (lucifer.bart.nl [194.158.168.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D783A15476 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 04:28:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@lucifer.bart.nl) Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by lucifer.bart.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA42750; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:28:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:28:55 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven To: Gunnar Flygt Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Upgrading from the source Message-ID: <19991222132855.M38722@lucifer.bart.nl> References: <19991222131646.A77804@sr.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <19991222131646.A77804@sr.se>; from gunnar@pluto.sr.se on Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 01:16:47PM +0100 Organisation: bART Internet Services B.V. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -On [19991222 13:20], Gunnar Flygt (gunnar@pluto.sr.se) wrote: >This will be the first time I upgrade from the sourcees. I run >buildworld at the moment. When I `make installworld`, will it create a >new kernel (GENERIC)? Should I compile a new kernel immediately after >installworld but before reboot? Make installworld will not rebuild a kernel. This is something you will have to do yourself. It will have updated the GENERIC file though. The compilation of a new kernel before reboot is what I normally do. Others keep other practices. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator bART Internet Services / Tel: +31 - (0) 10 - 240 39 70 VIA NET.WORKS Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message