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Date:      Tue, 15 Jan 2002 05:52:05 -0500
From:      Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net>
Cc:        "Rodrigo A B Freire" <bsdstuffs@brasilia.br>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbie: 4.4-stable, how to? - And the CVSupIT bug.
Message-ID:  <0a5803152100f12FE6@Mail6.nc.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020114174953.D34A55D1A@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20020114174953.D34A55D1A@ptavv.es.net>

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On Monday 14 January 2002 12:49 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
> > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:52:59 -0500
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >
> > On Sunday 13 January 2002 06:13 pm, Rodrigo A B Freire wrote:
> > >     Hi everyone, and thanks for replying!
> > >
> > >     But... Well, CVSup, by itself isn't kinda complicated, but.. Umm..
> > > After cvsupping, is there anything else to do?
> > >     If just CVSup is enough to keep the machine up to date, GREAT! I've
> > > got it!
> >
> > No, that's not it.  See "the leading edge" in the handbook and
> > /usr/src/UPDATING.  But in a nutshell,
> >
> > cvsup
> > cd /usr/src
> > make buildworld KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel
> > make kernel KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel
> > reboot to single-user mode  (boot -s ; fsck -u ; mount -a -t ufs ;
> > swapon) cd /usr/src
> > make installworld KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel
> > mergemaster
> >
> > reboot.
>
> Close and probably functional, but I would suggest:
> cvsup
> cd /usr/src
> make buildworld
> make kernel KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel
> reboot to single-user mode  (boot -s ; fsck -p ; mount -a -t ufs)
> cd /usr/src
> make installworld
> mergemaster
> reboot.

Stupid of me to to write to the single-user stuff from memory.
In real life I open up my copy of the FreeBSD Handbook and look it up, which 
is the primary advice I gave above and the best advice always.

>
> The KERNCONF is only used to build the kernel, so it's not needed for
> the other "make" lines. I don't see the '-u' option in the fsck man
> page, but '-p' will do the trick.
>
> I also don't use "swapon" as the install process should not swap unless
> your system has VERY limited memory. If it does, I'd suggest "swapon -a".
>
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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