From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 26 6:50:35 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513ED37B401 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 06:50:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (pc1-cmbg1-4-cust43.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [62.253.133.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2794443FCB for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 06:50:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18o2t6-000EhK-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:50:24 +0000 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:50:24 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG " Subject: Re: 4.7 Upgrade issue Message-ID: <20030226145024.GE55640@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org Mail-Followup-To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG " References: <20030226144352.5202D43FBD@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030226144352.5202D43FBD@mx1.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan *18o2t6-000EhK-00*3f0uGxfnTlo* (SlightlyStrange.org, Using NOD32 http://www.nod32.com) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:29:57PM +0000, rew wrote: > > So you boot a new kernel with old system? Yes, but how is that so different from installing a new world for an old kernel? When you have built a new kernel, you must reboot to start using it. After running make installworld with the new kernel, you have the new world installed as well. Your new kernel will only be running for a few minutes with the old world, until the new one is fully installed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Bye > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:40 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: 4.7 Upgrade issue > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:23:28PM +0100, Pierrick Brossin wrote: > > Quoting rew : > > > > > You must installkernel and reboot before you can installworld. > > > Read > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > > > for more details. > > > > > > Daniel Bye > > > > Hi Daniel ! > > > > I made/installed kernel and world quite a few times now and never, never, > > never reboot before installing world ! > > > > - make world > > - install world > > - make kernel > > - install kernel > > This looks like the old way of doing things. The new way (buildworld, > buildkernel etc) is different, and you must boot the new kernel to safely > and reliably install the new world. > > The instructions in the handbook are very explicit in this regard. It is > the only supported method of updating your system from source, as it is the > only method that is tested. While some variations work, they may create > unforeseen problems. -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message