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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:56:04 +0300
From:      Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.x -> 5.x
Message-ID:  <20040114125604.107490d2.tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20040109111133.GA58630@marvin.home.local>
References:  <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr> <20040107124038.GA37600@i18n.org> <20040109111133.GA58630@marvin.home.local>

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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:11:33 +1100
Tony Frank <tfrank@optushome.com.au> wrote:

TF> > 5) mkdir /usr/tmpfs && make installworld DESTDIR=/usr/tmpfs
TF> > 6) chflags noschg /bin/* /sbin/* /usr/bin/* /usr/sbin/* /usr/lib/*
TF> > \
TF> > 	/usr/libexec/*
TF> > 7) tar -C /usr/tmpfs -cpf . | tar -C / -xpvf -
TF> > 8) reboot
TF> 
TF> Is there any particular reason to do these steps 5-7 instead of just
TF> a 'make installworld' ?

Oh, YES IT IS!

Yesterday, I've tried to upgrade 5.1 to 5.2. For some unknown yet to me reason (I'm investigating), make installworld failed somehwere in between, and I had to reinstall 5.1 from CD... Most of userlad programs crashed early, including csh, ls and even sh...

-- 
Alex.



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