Szilveszter Adam wrote: >Hello David, > >Thanks for getting back with the results. This points to the fatc that >the instructions in UPDATING should updated. > >The method is almost what you did, only a tad more efficient: > >- make buildworld >- make buildkernel KERNCONF=you_know_what >- cp GENERIC.hints to device.hints or create your own if you need > (because you have ISA devices eg) >- make installkernel KERNCONF=you_know_what >- reboot in single user (do the bootblocks if needed) >(At this point you are running on the -CURRENT kernel but with the old >userland: be aware of this because things like ipfw will now stop >working until you are back in sync!) > The trick here is that a new loader isn't installed yet. the old kernel lives in /kernel and the new one in /boot/kernel/kernel you have to be sure and boot the new one. make -k installworld accomplishes the same thing (By installing a new loader)
>- mergemaster -p >- make -k installworld (this will install as much of the new userland as > possible, but will proceed in spite of errors.) >- rm -rf /usr/include/* >- make installworld (this now should go through without problems, you > are now back in sync, your /usr/include is also repopulated with the > new headers) >- mergemaster (with the new mergemaster script) >- reboot for the changes to take effect. > >Done. > >Hope this helps. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
