On 16/04/2011, at 16:24, rank1see...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> In that case you don't need to reboot into single user mode, you just > make sure there aren't any non-kernel processes (besides sh) which are > running. > > I know all this!!! > I KNEW chatter would start to go this way!
> After compilation of kernel and world in MUM, kernel is installed in MUM, > but to install world, we reboot into SUM, then install world. (HANDBOOK) > Now, in case of GELI usage AND if upgrading is taking place, i.e; 8.2 -> > 8.3, once you reboot into SUM to install world, you are doomed, BECAUSE > ... > Kernel will bitch (GELI part), about world->kernel mismatch and you won't > be able to install world as you cant decrypt geom providers!! > The only way to save yourself in that case is to restore /boot/kernel.old, > or one is doomed. > > So that is way, they both need to be installed in SUM, in one shot! Kernel > then world! > > But this is just a ONE example, of usage of THAT function! > Next time it won't be GELI case but something else. > And now I brag about encryption, compilation of world and kernel, bla, > bla..., what is NOT a subject, of this "thread" > > > DO YOU KNOW, what to look for, in sys that will indicate to my function, > that it is in SUM? Well, I give up. You aren't reading & thinking about what I'm writing. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
