Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:54:52 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: fpassera@freesurf.fr Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An upgrade from FreeBSD-4.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD-4.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <14933.61004.807183.569468@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <78999987@toto.iv>
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fpassera@freesurf.fr types: > Step 7) Update /etc (but actually I check from the /) > This is longest and hardest manual task I encountered during the upgrade. Use mergemaster. It automates everything but the actual merging, and makes this a relatively simple task, though still long to go from -RELEASE to -RELEASE. > Step 9) Compile and install new kernel > You must recompile your kernel before the reboot (see Handbook). > ... > That is very frustrating. From the newsgroup, I found 2 answers : Try "cd /usr/src; make buildkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL" to build a new kernel after you've done "make buildworld". Buildkernel builds the kernel using the things built by buildworld. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ 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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