Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:06:08 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>, FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make buildworld Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020807100608.02d62db8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020807104347.F20616-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> References: <20020807141934.23707.qmail@ns1.onie.yi.org>
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At 10:46 AM 8.7.2002 -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote: >On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Ronneil Camara wrote: > >> All I can say is that I just normally execute those commands as what I have >> been doing a long time ago. >> >> vi stable-supfile >> cvsup -g -L2 stable-supfile >> cd /usr/src >> make buildworld >> make installworld > > This is not right. Here's what you should be doing: > > vi stable-supfile > cvsup -g -L2 stable-supfile > cd /usr/src > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=<your kernel name here> > make installkernel > shutdown -r now > # (make sure the system comes up) > shutdown -r now > # (come up in single-user mode this time) > make installworld > mergemaster > shutdown -r now > # (come up normally this time) > >These steps have been documented in /usr/src/UPDATING since 4.0. This >is the only supported procedure for upgrading your system from source. > >-- >Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com >Principal Consultant >PennaSoft Corporation >chris@pennasoft.com > Why this: shutdown -r now # (make sure the system comes up) shutdown -r now # (come up in single-user mode this time) Rather than this? Drop to single user mode: # shutdown +10 "ALERT Upgrading the OS. Please log off now." # reboot # hit spacebar at timer notice to stop boot # boot -s # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -a -t ufs # swapon -a Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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