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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:47:08 +0700 (NSS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Damien Tougas <damien@carroll.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: remote 3.5 -> 4.1-STABLE source upgrade (updated)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122043500.14890-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20000912093419.B29216@carroll.com>

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hi, there!

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Damien Tougas wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 05:21:37PM +0700, Max Khon wrote:
> >2) make buildkernel KERNEL=GENERIC && make installkernel KERNEL=GENERIC
> 
> Just curious, what is the purpose of doing this step before doing the
> installworld?

because when you will do make installworld you will have /bin overwritten
and /bin/sh will not work with your old kernel (you will get fatal trap
12). please note that step 3) is "reboot".

> Is this done do make sure that the the kernel works ok
> before installing the rest of the OS? Secondly, why would I want to
> build the GENERIC kernel instead of my custom kernel?

you can build your custom kernel, of course. but I described remote
source upgrade procedure so if it will not boot...

/fjoe



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