Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:26:32 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Phil Kernick <Phil@Kernick.org> Cc: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net>, Jamie Heckford <jamie@jamiesdomain.org.uk>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compiling a New Kernel Message-ID: <20021012025631.GE321@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3DA77491.6030801@Kernick.org> References: <006801c27102$7a170f00$3264a8c0@BONG> <20021011085546.GA43708@xor.obsecurity.org> <008601c27106$300ee460$3264a8c0@BONG> <20021011233745.GA20065@phat.za.net> <3DA77491.6030801@Kernick.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Saturday, 12 October 2002 at 10:32:09 +0930, 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. I don't anticipate any problems with Vinum after an upgrade. The on-disk format has never changed, and though it's possible in the future, I'd hope it would do so in a compatible manner. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20021012025631.GE321>