On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 12:18:34AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > On 07/24/15 21:10, Артур Истомин wrote: > > There is typo in "Upgrade Guide: 5.6 to 5.7". > > > > In section "Upgrade without the Install Kernel" > > If using a single processor kernel > > > > cp bsd.rd bsd.mp / > > > > must be: [wrong crap I'm deleting so it isn't seen again] > > well, since you phrase it as "must be" and some poor sucker might > believe you since you claim infallibility, let me put it in similarly > blatant terms: > > What you claim "must be" is very wrong in more than one way. What is in > the page currently is right (at least, that part is. Considering my > typo rate, I'm sure there's something wrong in there someplace). > > > cp -> the copy command, copies one *or more* files to a given destination. > > bsd.rd -> The ramdisk kernel, used to install and fix systems. The > first file to be copied. > > bsd.mp -> The multi-processor kernel, not used as this is a single > processor system at this point in the docs. The SECOND file to be copied. > > / -> the root of the file system; the destination of this command, where > the TWO files will end up. > > So, my command copies both the ramdisk and multiprocessor kernels to the > root of the file system, where they will probably be used rarely, but > are there if needed.
Thanks for so many words for my banal stupid fault :) What is interesting, there really has issued some error. It was my typo, i think. I needed to sleep, and then later upgrade and write bug report :) > > Your command copies the ramdisk kernel to the root file system and > renames it to the name the multiprocessor kernel normally has, which > will guarantee much confusion when you need the ramdisk kernel and can't > figure out where it is. Or much downtime when you decide to try the MP > kernel, rename it and remotely reboot it. There is another explanation: "note: you will get a harmless error message if your platform doesn't have a bsd.mp"
