From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 16 16: 8:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from snafu.adept.org (snafu.adept.org [63.201.63.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AF5C37B404; Thu, 16 May 2002 16:08:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by snafu.adept.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A0519EE33; Thu, 16 May 2002 16:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snafu.adept.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 775449B001; Thu, 16 May 2002 16:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:08:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins To: Nikhil Mittal Cc: , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: upgrading to 4.5-stable ??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020516160512.A56337-100000@snafu.adept.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Mon, 13 May 2002, Nikhil Mittal wrote: > As i was going thru the "UPDATING" file, do i need to compile the new kernel > first before doing make world ?? Also how do i create a rescue disk ?? > Please suggest other cautions too! My usual procedure is, (using pre-tweaked kernel config) cvsup -g -L2 supfile cd /usr/src make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installworld reboot This is on my own lightly-loaded system. On busy servers, I take them out of service and boot singleuser before doing installworld. For what I believe is a detailed and 'cautious' step-by-step guide, refer to the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/makeworld.html Good luck, -Mike -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message