"M. Warner Losh" wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tim Kientzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : Peter Wemm wrote: > : > : > 'make installworld' without ... a new kernel would be rather messy. > : > : > ... a reminder of the sequence is probably in order: > : > buildworld > : > buildkernel > : > installkernel > : > reboot > : > installworld > : > reboot > : > : > : This _does_not_work_ because 'installkernel' does > : not update the bootblocks. It should. Otherwise, > : 'installkernel' is not filling it's contract: it is > : not ensuring that the next boot uses the new kernel. > > Are you sure you need new bootblocks? I've not had issues and am > pretty careless about when I do installworld vs installkernel. > > You need them for the 4.x -> 5.0 upgrade, but I didn't think you've > needed new ones for a long time now.
If it does need them, somebody had better tell my systems. I've got old 3.x bootblocks on some of them. /boot/loader though is a different story. 'make installkernel' does not install the new loader. However, most non-ancient 4.x loaders can boot a 5.x kernel sufficiently well that this shouldn't be a crisis. Or, they used to be able to when I last tried it (not too long ago). Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
