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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 2003 19:35:13 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1047346514.dfa45e@mired.org>
To:        IAccounts <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca>
Cc:        freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 4.3 -> RELENG_4
Message-ID:  <15974.42449.30768.248609@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030305160641.U7942-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>
References:  <20030305130116.Y51291-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> <20030305160641.U7942-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>

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In <20030305160641.U7942-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>, IAccounts <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> typed:
> > > Basically:
> > > Update your source with cvsup
> > > read /usr/src/UPDATING and follow any instructions required (I believe
> > >   you'll need to manually create the relatively new sendmail users)
> > > Reveiw you kernel config file to see if any options have changed since
> > >   4.3
> > > make buildkernel
> > > make installkernel
> > > reboot  >>> if the reboot doesn't go well, boot kernel.old and copy it to
> > >              /kernel to get back to 4.3
> > > make buildworld
> > > make installworld
> 
> Ok, I have cvsup'ped successfully, upon buildkernel I get:
> 
> "Error: version of config does not match kernel!
> config version = 400018, version required = 400019
> 
> I understand that I am doing oposite of what the handbook says by
> installing a new kernel first, but is there a way to get around the out of
> date config problem so I can proceed in this 'backwards' approach?

Not that I know of, and you've just started to uncover problems with
doing things backwards. You really need to do the buildworld
first. You can - in fact, should - leave the installworld until after
the new kernel is booted.

	<mike
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