Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:05:57 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Nikhil Mittal" <nikhil@east.isi.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, "freebsd-stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: upgrading to 4.5-stable ??? Message-ID: <20020516230557.4355F5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 May 2002 12:07:40 EDT." <CJEPLFODLPELJPPNFGECEEIACAAA.nikhil@east.isi.edu>
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> From: "Nikhil Mittal" <nikhil@east.isi.edu>
> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:07:40 -0400
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
>
> Hello,
> Just now i finished updating my source to 4.x-stable. Currently i am running
> 4.5-release.
> As i was going thru the "UPDATING" file, do i need to compile the new kernel
> first before doing make world ?? Also how do i create a rescue disk ??
> Please suggest other cautions too!
Well, you started well by reading UPDATING.
Next, read the handbook sections on updating your system. In brief:
cd /usr/src
make buildworld
make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_CONFIG_NAME
(config file should be in /sys/i386/conf/YOUR_CONFIG_NAME)
Reboot to single-user mode (This will load the newly built kernel)
fsck -p (OK. Yes, I am paranoid!)
mount -a -t ufs
cd /usr/src
make installworld
mergemaster (Let mergemaster run MAKEDEV and rebuild databases if it asks.)
Reboot normally
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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