Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:48:26 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> Cc: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, Kevin Oberman <oberman@ptavv.es.net>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Rodrigo A B Freire <bsdstuffs@brasilia.br> Subject: Re: Newbie: 4.4-stable, how to? - And the CVSupIT bug. Message-ID: <3C44F80A.8070104@owt.com> References: <20020116034133.74EE848425@wastegate.net>
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Doug Reynolds wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:17:38 -0500, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > > >>>>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. >>>> >>>you can also type "shutdown now" instead of rebooting into single user >>>mode b4 installing the world- it saves from running fsck, mounting etc >>>etc etc >>> >>. . . but it never seems to work for me for some reason. Though the failure >>I get escapes me at the moment. . . . >> > > that is no fun. always works good for me, also it lags a bit when > shutting everything down. Part of the reason for booting into single user mode is to test your new kernel before you fully commit and install the rest of userland. A shutdown now doesn't test your kernel and backing out a bad userland - kernel combo can be a clean install. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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