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Date:      Mon, 06 Dec 1999 09:11:37 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
Cc:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mount problems after lockup 
Message-ID:  <21368.944467897@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Dec 1999 02:10:57 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912060208080.16082-100000@picnic.mat.net> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912060208080.16082-100000@picnic.mat.net>, Chuck Rob
ey writes:

>> >Excuse me, Poul, I have to switch back and forth for a day on one machine,
>> >can I run MAKEDEV to prepare for the new devs without ruining the system
>> >for a kernel that's about 4 months old?
>> 
>> No, 4 months is too old.
>
>Then if I have to do this in multiple steps, can I upgrade to current as
>it was before you changed out the bdevs-cdevs (I'll hunt down the commit)
>and do that in one step, get it working, then MAKEDEV and do another step
>taking it the rest of the way to current?

Make a backup.

Upgrade your kernel first.

Then make world

Then MAKEDEV.


--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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