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From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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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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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.
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