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To: "Russell P. Sutherland" <russ@quist.ca>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading from the source 
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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:42:29 -0700
From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
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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

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