Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 06:04:40 -0400 From: "Nader Turki" <nturki@adelphia.net> To: <jim@jmock.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.1-R to 4.1-S Message-ID: <000501bffd32$3d7604c0$1b9b3218@pit.adelphia.net> References: <001101bffd1a$a12692e0$1b9b3218@pit.adelphia.net> <20000803005926.A12227@luna.osd.bsdi.com>
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So the way it works is: - cvsup - cd /usr/src - make world - make buildkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL - make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL - reboot is that it? Thanks, Nader ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> To: Nader Turki <nturki@adelphia.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 3:59 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.1-R to 4.1-S > On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 at 03:15:40 -0400, Nader Turki wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I just installed fresh FreeBSD 4.1 and wanna upgrade to FreeBSD > > 4.1-STABLE. Anyway, I did that few times with 3.x and 4.0. I used to > > cvsup then just cd /usr/src; make world. > > then recompile my kernel: > > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > > /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL > > cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > > make depend; make; make install > > > > And It worked for me all the time, I was checking thew handbook and > > saw something new which is: > > # cd /usr/src > > # make buildkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL > > # make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL > > > > Do I have to use that way or the old way will work just fine. > > The new way is preferred. If you use the old way, chances are, it will > work fine (it has here), but there are no promises. YMMV. > > If you cvsup the source, you should get the changes added to the tree > tonight that install the kernel as /kernel instead of /MYKERNEL (see > /usr/src/UPDATING for more info on the procedure if you don't get the > latest changes). Otherwise, you can add the following line to your > kernel config file to get it to install as /kernel: > > makeoptions KERNEL=kernel > > > P.S. someone told me that cvs-crypto is a part of src-all now, is > > that true? > > Yes. > > > so i don't need to have cvs-crypto on my supfile anymore if i'm using > > scr-all ???? > > Correct. > > - jim > > -- > jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org > http://soupnazi.org/~jim/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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