From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 15 5:25:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from amanda.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (hide14.nhs.uk [194.6.81.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7BAF14EBA for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 05:25:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Greg.Quinlan@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk) Received: from greg.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (qmh-00553.qmpgmc.ac.uk [10.1.20.82]) by amanda.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA35339 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:25:50 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <006601beff76$412c5200$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk> Reply-To: "Greg Quinlan" From: "Greg Quinlan" To: References: <199909151024.MAA84130@mailhub> Subject: Re: Remote system upgrade via NFS problems. Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:31:37 +0100 Organization: Queen Marys Hospital (SWLCT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: Jos Vissers > > > > This whole process of preserving the obj tree may not be necessary any > > more. A long time ago, I heard that the ``installworld'' target messed > > with some of the stuff in the obj tree. If you'd like to try skipping > > the preservation steps, I'd appreciate feedback. :-) > > I upgrade 3 machines from one buildworld. > A has all the source in /vol/src/FreeBSD-stable/src, it exports /vol/src. > B has /scratch/obj, it exports /scratch. > /vol/src is mounted on B and C. > /usr/src is linked to /vol/src/FreeBSD-stable/src on all 3 machines. > /scratch is mounted on A and C. > /usr/obj is linked to /scratch/obj on all 3 machines. > > I do a buildworld on B and then installworld on all three machines > (in single used mode) > It works fine. > > Jos > Why wouldn't you have all src on A in /usr/src export /usr/src Have /usr/obj on A aswell, export /usr/obj (if it's not a space problem) Mount exports from A (/usr/src & /usr/obj) on B and C in the same directory paths. Do a buildworld on A and installworld on B & C Should work fine also. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message