Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:40:15 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding, Got Questions Message-ID: <44ejvgzweo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200608152339.51621.danny@ricin.com> (Danny Pansters's message of "Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:39:51 %2B0200") References: <44E21602.4070303@2012.vi> <200608152339.51621.danny@ricin.com>
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Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> writes: >> cd /usr/src >> make -j4 buildworld // single CPU system >> make buildkernel >> make installkernel > >> reboot > > I wouldn't do this, because after reboot your kernel and userland are sure to > be out of sync and that may cause problems preventing you from fully > (multi-user) booting. Or what if the rc scripts have changed (but not > installed yet) and your NIC doesn't come up because of that... It is the recommended procedure. Note that there is no way to avoid having userland and kernel out of synch temporarily during the update. More important, in general, is making sure that the new system kernel is capable of booting before you go ahead and replace the rest of the base system. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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