Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 08:50:18 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell <dom@phmit.demon.co.uk> To: Don <don@calis.BlackSun.org> Cc: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM>, FreeBSD-Stable <FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CVSupit, make and floppies Message-ID: <E0ziEAs-00015G-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Don's message of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:07:32 EST" <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811231302350.76855-100000@calis.BlackSun.org>
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On 23 November 1998, Don proclaimed: > > Build the kernel next. Then, go into single user mode and do a make > > installworld, followed by a "cd /sys/compile/MYKERNEL;make install". > > > > It's best to script the building, it makes it a lot easier. > > > > You may also like to read Nik Claytons tutorial on building the world. > > Have a look at <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/>. > > Never build the kernel before installing the world. You might be using an > out of date /usr/sbin/config in which case the kernel wont compile at all. I find that an out-of-date config is not a problem, and easily fixed if come across. Particularly so in a -stable world. I am more concerned that a userland utility will need a new feature in the kernel, which will not be present if I reboot first. Seperating the builds also means that it is harder to script together. > There is also no reason to boot into single user mode to install the > world unless it is a major upgrade such as from 2.2.7-3.0. I prefer to make installworld in single user mode to avoid clobbering daemons executable files. To my mind "it's just safer". -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator ``Damn the philosophy, just provide the functionality and let anyone with a competing philosophy come up with some better alternative if they don't like it.'' -- JKH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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