Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:38:23 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Derek <derek@durham.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating world with least downtime Message-ID: <20020830113823.A31843@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <00af01c25054$3024aca0$04fea8c0@motorcity.on.ca>; from derek@durham.net on Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:36:43PM -0400 References: <00af01c25054$3024aca0$04fea8c0@motorcity.on.ca>
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--Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:36:43PM -0400, Derek wrote: > Hello, > I intend to update the OS source on a primary server for my > company. If I buildworld, and buildkernel, then drop to single > and installworld, and installkernel, will the kernel installed be > the same version as the world newly installed, or will it be the > version _currently_ installed on the machine? It will be installed, but not booted unless you reboot after which is a very bad idea because if it fails, your world may not work with your old kernel.. You want to follow the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING. If you do that, the only time you'll spend in single user mode is installworld and mergemaster. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9b7ueXY6L6fI4GtQRAktTAJ4soNoXFwd6RSTQdTJPZyHKEojI4ACfVfEm F/6RhM//7ovMgbXYj0ZcF7Y= =jrrQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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