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Date:      Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:03:59 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Geoff Rehmet <geoffr@is.co.za>
Cc:        "'current@freebsd.org'" <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Building a new system to current 
Message-ID:  <199901190903.BAA02765@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:57:39 %2B0200." <3D5EC7D2992BD211A95600A0C9CE047F017E2163@isjhbex01.is.co.za> 

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> Hi,
>  
> I'm in the process of setting up a new FreeBSD-current
> box, starting with 3.0 Release, and moving to current.
> One question I have, is whether to go to the ELF kernel
> before I recompile the world with current source.
>  
>  
> My plan is as follows:
> - Load 3.0-RELEASE (done)
> - archive and delete all a.out tools (done)
> - update to the new bootblocks (done)
> - move to ELF kernel

Installing the Jan 12th snapshopt gives you all of this already, and no 
a.out cruft anywhere in sight.

> Apart from the comments in src/UPDATING,
> Peter Wemm's ELF day web page, and Robert
> Nordiers page on the new bootblocks, can anyone
> think of anything I should take into account?

Nothing immediately obvious - you've taken a slightly longer path but I 
think you'll end up in the right place.

-- 
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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