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Date:      Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:03:47 -0600
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unattended reboot was Re: signal 12's everywhere on Currentwith update this morning.
Message-ID:  <3FB4EED3.2020305@centtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031114093118.GH884@starjuice.net>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote:

>On (2003/11/13 14:02), Eric Anderson wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I'm not having any luck - I'm started to feel like I'm missing something 
>>here :)
>>
>>I cvsup'd yesterday afternoon, and did my usual make buildworld, kernel, 
>>install kernel, single user mode, then make installworld - except it 
>>bombed on the installworld.  I ignored the message moved on.
>>    
>>
>
>You missed a step.  The HEADS UP sent to -current said you needed to
>reboot between kernel install and world install.
>
>This is the strictly safe way of upgrading always.  However, many people
>skip the reboot (and even the drop to single-user mode) as a shortcut.
>Sometimes, the shortcut works.  This time, it doesn't. :-)
>
Unfortunately, I had unsubscribed myself from the list a few weeks ago 
when I went to a Usenix conference, and forgot to resubscribe! Woops.

All fixed up now though.  At least now I know what I did wrong - thanks!

Eric

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