Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 22:51:01 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "make installworld" commands used to generate manifest for makefs? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1u%2BpyV_%2B%2Bt0Lg3HHH6guo69gxcqJ0_YOwJqKxsuKKc6dw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <540886EE.3050708@passap.ru> References: <CAG=rPVdB424eOLCcdJmMOT2mxf8g_BYBnYX%2Bre=5JJJXO38T3g@mail.gmail.com> <20140825165522.GC91673@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <CAG=rPVeag%2B2GpcKX=64UL3jTdw0TMzO6gJsxeXBxpp3Kkt48LA@mail.gmail.com> <54072D80.4010402@passap.ru> <257cbfbf-959e-44f2-bef0-86c12522de03@email.android.com> <540886EE.3050708@passap.ru>
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> wrote: > 03.09.2014 21:01, Nenhum_de_Nos =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > > > > > > On September 3, 2014 12:02:24 PM GMT-03:00, Boris Samorodov < > bsam@passap.ru> wrote: > >> 28.08.2014 23:02, Craig Rodrigues =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > >> > >>> I did this: > >>> > >>> make -DDB_FROM_SRC -DNO_ROOT installkernel DESTDIR=3D/tmp/test4 > >>> make -DDB_FROM_SRC -DNO_ROOT installworld DESTDIR=3D/tmp/test4 > >>> make -DDB_FROM_SRC -DNO_ROOT distribution DESTDIR=3D/tmp/test4 > >>> > >>> /tmp/test4/METALOG was created, but it did not seem to have > >>> /boot/kernel/kernel or > >>> any kernel modules. Is that expected? > >> > >> For a new installation "installworld" should be done first (it creates > >> the needed directory infrastructure). And then one may do > >> "installkernel". > > > > As I read from so much time ago to install first kernel, starting from > which FreeBSD version I should change? > > It seems to be true for ages. Take a look at /usr/src/Makefile, > section "To cross-install current onto a separate partition". > > -- > WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) > FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > Please understand that this is true when doing a cross-install where a system with the required directory structure to install a kernel is not yet present. It is not true when updating a system on which is existing FreeBSD is running. When updating a system from sources, you should always installkernel first and then reboot to make sure you have a working kernel before installworld blows away the tools needed to fix a kernel problem. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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