Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:32:24 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels Message-ID: <4.3.2.20000709232757.00b1e6a0@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007092043510.33246-100000@freefall.freebsd. org>
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At 08:49 PM 7/9/00 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: >Subject basically says it all. "make buildkernel KERNEL=<whatever>" and >"make installkernel KERNEL=<whatever>" (or set KERNEL in /etc/make.conf or >the environment, where KERNEL is the name of the kernel to build (GENERIC, >etc)) are what you should always be using to build your kernels, unless >you know what you're doing. > >This will automagically use the correct build tools for the job, and will >solve problems like the one a lot of people are seeing since the binutils >upgrade. > >Summary of Officially Sanctioned Update Procedure: > >make buildworld >make buildkernel >make installkernel >shutdown (drop into single-user mode) >make installworld >mergemaster cd /dev sh MAKEDEV Or is this the reason for the NO_MAKEDEV in make.conf. >reboot > >Depart from the above procedure at your own risk. Thankyou :-) Oh goody! ;) Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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