Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:51:41 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: "Russell P. Sutherland" <russ@quist.ca> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Upgrading from the source Message-ID: <20010928033759.R55476-100000@big> In-Reply-To: <20010927173151.B10009@quist.ca>
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Russell P. Sutherland wrote: > I've attempting to update several FreeBSD 4.2 and 4.3 systems > remotely to 4.4, by first cvsup'ing the current sources and then > building the sources. I believe that the install should > be done from the console in single user mode. (All based on > the "make world" section of Chapter 19, The Cutting Edge > from the FreeBSD Handbook) They recommend this sequence: # make buildworld # make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL # make installkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL # make installworld > > A few questions... > > 1. Does make buildworld also build the kernel No. > or > does one need to perform a make buildkernel > as well Yes. > 2. Do the make installworld, installkernel operations > need to be done in single-user mode? I'm thinking > of a lightly used system On my private PC I never had any problems with that. But it is not recommended. > 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 don't have the least idea what a neo-phyte is, but building sources will take about half a day, installing from CD half an hour. Regards. Uli. > -- > Quist Consulting Email: russ@quist.ca > 219 Donlea Drive Voice: +1.416.696.7600 > Toronto ON M4G 2N1 Cell: +1.416.803.0080 > CANADA WWW: http://www.quist.ca > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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