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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:50:24 +0000
From:      Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG " <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 4.7 Upgrade issue
Message-ID:  <20030226145024.GE55640@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030226144352.5202D43FBD@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20030226144352.5202D43FBD@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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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.

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Daniel Bye

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