Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 22:55:44 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>, Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>, Gavin Atkinson <gavin@ury.york.ac.uk>, Michiel Boland <boland@alexander.diva.nl>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.6-RELEASE -> 4.5-RELENG Message-ID: <3D40E460.D3A5F753@pantherdragon.org> References: <20020710175614.7F3535D03@ptavv.es.net> <a05200306b966775f18a9@[64.81.19.109]>
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Chris Pepper wrote: > At 10:56 AM -0700 2002/07/10, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >make kernel KERNCONF=your_kernel_conf_name > > Why not 'make installkernel' per > <http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html>? > Is there a problem with the Handbook? The "kernel" target is an alias for buildkernel && installkernel. > >REBOOT into single-user mode! (This does not mean drop to single user.) > > Why? Is this to test installkernel -- which I don't see in > your list? I've been using "shutdown now" successfully for a while > now; much easier not to have to remount & set the TZ before > installkernel, You don't have to drop to single-user to do installkernel. > then rebooting (multi) to test the kernel, then > "shutdown now" to installworld. The entire point of rebooting is to replace the in-memory kernel with the one you just built. If it's not usable, you can boot /kernel.old and get back to a working system, rebuild the kernel, and try again. If you installworld before rebooting, and the new kernel doesn't work, then you've got a world with no kernel to run it and no easy way to fix it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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