From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 11 18:38:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B2A37B401 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 18:38:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc1-cove2-4-cust33.bir.cable.ntl.com (pc1-cove2-4-cust33.bir.cable.ntl.com [80.4.78.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E87343E75 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 18:38:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from alpha.private.lan (alpha.private.lan [192.168.0.2]) by pc1-cove2-4-cust33.bir.cable.ntl.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9C1cUeS017820; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 02:38:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from ntlworld.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.private.lan (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9C1c8Zu093085; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 02:38:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Message-ID: <3DA77D00.14B04026@ntlworld.com> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 02:38:08 +0100 From: ian j hart X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phil Kernick Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compiling a New Kernel References: <006801c27102$7a170f00$3264a8c0@BONG> <20021011085546.GA43708@xor.obsecurity.org> <008601c27106$300ee460$3264a8c0@BONG> <20021011233745.GA20065@phat.za.net> <3DA77491.6030801@Kernick.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) X-Filter-Version: 1.9 (alpha.private.lan) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Phil Kernick wrote: > > Aragon Gouveia wrote: > > Ideally you should build, install, and boot your new kernel before > > installing your new world. If your new kernel fails to boot for whatever > > reason, you can easily boot the old kernel and have a fully functional > > system again. If you installworld before verifying your new kernel, you > > could run into worse problems if your new kernel doesn't load and you > > have to boot the old kernel with your new world. > > The only problem that I have with this approach, is that I keep all of my > source on a vinum raid-5 volume. If I reboot before doing a make > installworld, then there is always the possibility that with the new kernel > and the old world I may not be able to mount the volume. So I always shutdown > but *not* reboot before doing the installworld. > > Phil. > > -- > _-_|\ Phil Kernick E-Mail: Phil@Kernick.org > / \ ROTFL Enterprises Mobile: 041 61 ROTFL > \_.-*_/ > v Humourist, satirist, and probably a few more 'ists to boot! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message It's early in the morning here :), but if the mount fails, you reboot and load kernel.old. At which point you should be able to mount your source. -- ian j hart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message