Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 07:38:33 -0500 From: Jim Bloom <bloom@acm.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel hangs booting fresh -current Message-ID: <38BFB249.D675954E@acm.org> References: <20000303014011.A754@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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Nik Clayton wrote: > > On a related note, why does UPDATING say to build and install the kernel, > and then reboot, before doing the "installworld"? That contradicts the > advice in the Handbook (which I wrote), and I would've thought it's wrong > precisely because it allows for things like kernel/mount mismatches to > occur. Because the signal interface changed several months ago. If you ran installworld on an old kernel, the machine would panic part way through the install. It is almost impossible to do forward compatibility on major changes. I guess you need to update the handbook to reflect this change. Jim Bloom bloom@acm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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