Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:40:33 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us>, J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 3.4-STABLE to 4.0-STABLE Message-ID: <20000320194033.C236@parish> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.20000320191603.007b5b00@odyssey.apana.org.au>; from dean@odyssey.apana.org.au on Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 07:16:03PM %2B0800 References: <Your <20000318174510.B31888@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200003200758.e2K7wxi42105@fedde.littleton.co.us> <3.0.3.32.20000320191603.007b5b00@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 07:16:03PM +0800, Dean Hollister wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> At 00:58 20/03/00 -0700, Chris Fedde wrote:
>
> >Hum... I'm a bit underwhelmed here. I've been having a heck of a time
> >finding this message.
>
> [snip]
>
> I eventually found what I needed, by going into /usr/src/UPDATING.
>
> At the very end of this file, you will find the following under "COMMON
> ITEMS:"
>
> COMMON ITEMS:
>
> To build a kernel
> -----------------
> Update config, genassym and go:
> cd src/usr.bin/genassym
> make depend all install clean
> cd ../../usr.sbin/config
> make depend all install clean
I'd recommend (from personal experience) that you omit ``clean'' from
the above or you'll get failures building the kernel and doing make
installworld.
It's not just me either. there were some proposed changes to UPDATING
posted on -stable a short while ago which included this, but it's not
been committed yet.
> cd ../../sys/i386/conf
> config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> make depend && make
> make install
>
> To rebuild disk /dev entries
> ----------------------------
>
> MAKEDEV should be copied from src/etc/MAKEDEV to /dev before
> starting the following:
>
> For N in the list of disks
> MAKEDEV N # eg ad0
> for M in the list of slices
> MAKEDEV NsMa # eg ad0s1a
>
>
> To rebuild everything
> ---------------------
> make world
>
> Except when it doesn't work.
>
> To update from 3.x to 4.0 stable
> --------------------------------
> cd /usr/src
> make buildworld
> cd sbin/mknod
> make install
> <follow directions to build/install a kernel>
> <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [*]
> reboot
> <in single user>
> cd /usr/src
> make -DNOINFO installworld
> make installworld
>
> [*] You may need to switch from wd to ad ala 19991210
>
> Apologies if posting this here offends, however, I think this will answer
> your question. It has certainly given me something to work with. :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> d.
>
>
>
>
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