From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 1 11:22:57 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA13405 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:22:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA13397 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:22:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA18413; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:22:24 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA01075; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:22:21 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199901011922.VAA01075@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: Randy Bush cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dummy's guide to flag day, please? In-Reply-To: Your message of " Thu, 31 Dec 1998 13:12:06 PST." References: Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:22:20 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Randy Bush wrote: > i am an a.outer who updates from current every few weeks. i usually > backup > update > make buildworld > go single user > make installworld > mergemaster -cv > make a new kernel > install kernel > reboot The fact that you use mergemaster makes life _very_ easy. Replace the "make buildworld" with "make aout-to-elf-build", and the "make installworld" with "make aout-to-elf-install" and you'll be OK. You'll need double the space in /usr/obj. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message