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 -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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