Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:42:07 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: bjones@polestar.org Cc: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, niteskyguy@yahoo.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make installworld fails Message-ID: <3D5AF8DF.2070307@owt.com> References: <jUsT.aNoTheR.mEsSaGe.iD.10293675735856@polestar.org>
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Bill Jones wrote: > Kent Stewart wrote: > > >>Michael Lucas wrote: >> >>Hmmm.... >> >>If this is a FAQ on the upgrade process, we should possibly include it >>in the upgrade instructions? >> >> >>Using adjkerntz is in updating; however, if you search for 4.x-stable, >>it is in the page above what you are looking at. >> > > You're correct. It's in there in section 20.4.4 of the handbook, > but it does appear quite a bit before the section for rebooting > to single-user mode after having installed the kernel. > > I hadn't really noticed before, but the handbook appears to recommend > (based on the order of the sections) that building the world should > be done in single user. Does anyone really do that anymore with > modern fast CPUS? Is there a reason I'm missing against building > both the kernel and the world in multi-user mode, other than speed? No, it tells you that you may have to boot to single user mode to do the installworld. That is something you really want to do anyway because it tests your new kernel before you fully commit your system to the new arrangement. Kent > > Perhaps the handbook could be updated slightly to reflect the more > common approach of staying in multi-user while building world and > kernel, installing kernel THEN rebooting to single user mode and > installing world. > > If not that, then at least a second mention of adjkerntz -i in the > section on rebooting to your new kernel might have merit. > > > > > > > > > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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