Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:38:44 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using MergeMaster/ Release-to-Stable Process? Message-ID: <3C6ACED4.8010708@owt.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020213124225.01bd2ec0@pop.earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20020213133816.01b53a00@pop.earthlink.net> <20020213184553.GA1009@raggedclown.net>
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Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 01:38:51PM -0500, B.K. DeLong wrote: > >>At 11:59 AM 02/13/2002 -0600, you wrote: >> >>>Oh, on the reboot... you should be dropping to single user before >>>installworld.... >>> >>So should I reboot before installworld ? or make sure no one's on except my >>one login? >> >> > A drop to single user mode is enough. > This knocks out all the processes running that could possibly > interfere with the installworld. It may be enough; however, one of the reasons for rebooting is to test the new kernel before you change your userland. Dropping into single user mode doesn't do this. Once you have installed the world, recovery can be a clean install. Kent > > You don't need the KERNCONF parameter for make build/installworld. > It just tells make where to find the details for the kernel you > are configuring. > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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