Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:15:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: make buildworld Message-ID: <20020807121410.R20616-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020807.113910.607952342.davep@meduseld.net>
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, David A. Panariti wrote:
> To be pedantic, this is *NOT* what is in /usr/src/UPDATING, at least
> in mine. Here is what I have in /usr/src/UPDATING:
>
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> reboot (in single user)
> make installworld
> mergemaster
> reboot
>
> The boot to multiuser
> >> shutdown -r now
> >> # (make sure the system comes up)
> is not in the documented sequence and may result in problems with
> daemons started by /etc/rc that are out of sync with the new kernel.
You are correct.
> In practice, I'm sure it rarely will cause a problem, but I don't see
> any advantage to doing the multiuser boot. And, since it may fail or
My thought was that I want to make sure that the network stack
works before I do my installworld. Coming up multiuser gets me there.
> have problems only due to kernel/world sync issues (which the
> installworld will fix) it may imply a problem that doesn't really
> exist.
Correct again.
--
Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com
Principal Consultant
PennaSoft Corporation
chris@pennasoft.com
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