Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:42:29 -0700 From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> To: "Russell P. Sutherland" <russ@quist.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from the source Message-ID: <200109272142.f8RLgTb27606@glob.csl.sri.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:31:51 -0401." <20010927173151.B10009@quist.ca>
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> 1. Does make buildworld also build the kernel or > does one need to perform a make buildkernel > as well Buildworld does not build the kernel, that is why there are also two kernel related targets of "buildkernel" and "installkernel" which build and install a GENERIC kernel. > 2. Do the make installworld, installkernel operations > need to be done in single-user mode? I'm thinking > of a lightly used system It is recommended. Although I have successfully done it in multi user mode when no one was logged in and most services were shutdown ( only sshd and a few other services were running ). I would not do this unless I had easy access to the console though. (The machines were, and still are, 300 feet away) > 3. Given a neo-phyte at the helm, is the pre-building from > source method easier that the upgrade option with the > FreeBSD 4.4 CD. I found cvsup'ing and building from source to be completely painless, although your mileage may vary. - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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