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Date:      Wed, 08 Jan 2003 15:53:05 -0800
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        Andriy Podanenko <freebsd_my@ua.fm>
Cc:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>, FBSD-STABLE <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Moving from 4.7-STABLE to 5.0
Message-ID:  <3E1CB9E1.7070407@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <20030108105259.GA43103@ns2.wananchi.com> <605445960.20030108152315@ua.fm>

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Andriy Podanenko wrote:
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
> reboot with boot -s
> mergemaster -p
> make installkernel
> make installworld
> reboot
> mergemaster

mergemaster -p
make buildworld
make kernel KERN_CONF=YOURCONF
reboot w/ -s
make installworld
mergemaster
reboot

This gets covered over and over and over.

You should run mergemaster -p before you do buildworld.  -p runs through 
the mergemaster process and makes only those changes that are required 
for a successful build/installworld.  Please read mergemaster(8).

You also need to install the new kernel BEFORE you reboot to single user 
mode.  This way you'll know if the kernel will boot or not before you 
replace version-specific system programs.  If you don't, and install the 
kernel and world together, and the kernel doesn't work, you're going to 
hose your machine!  This is not such a big deal when moving from 4.7p1 
to 4.7p2, but it is critical when moving between releases and 
development branches.


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