On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 03:12:50PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-12-22 17:19, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Martin Hasenbein wrote: > >> I've tried to upgrade to -current a few minutes ago. Before > >> upgrading I had FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 > >> > >> After a "make buildworld / make buildkernel /make installkernel" > >> and rebooting, I still have FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 > > > > Sounds like you are rebooting with the old kernel in the / directory > > instead of the new kernel which is now in the /boot/kernel > > directory. > > > > If you interrupt the boot loader by hitting SPACE, you can then type > > 'unload' and then 'load /boot/kernel/kernel' then 'boot' which will > > boot the new kernel. > > > > I've never done the upgrade path, so I'm not sure how you are > > supposed to avoid this problem. Maybe you are doing things in the > > wrong sequence or skipping steps? > > By editing /boot/loader.conf before rebooting and changing `bootfile' > to the new location of the kernel: > > bootfile="/boot/kernel/kernel" > > you can instruct the loader to load the new kernel by default. > Perhaps we should add this to the instructions of UPDATING for > upgrades of 4.X to 5.X :-/
This change is mentioned in UPDATING, see entry 20000905. The instructions in UPDATING are a kind of an ad-hoc upgrade guide, but not a complete one. Read it from oldest entry to the newest, apply some common sense and you will do fine. -- All opinions expressed above are mine alone and do not express the views of my employer or any other organizations that I am affiliated with. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message