Re: HEADS UP: 3.x - 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions

2000-03-21 Thread Jeffrey J. Mountin
At 11:20 AM 3/19/00 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brandon Fosdick writes: : I thought of that, but I didn't know what the devices w/o slice numbers : did. Guess I should have just tried it. Devices w/o slice numbers are the "compatibility" devices. These map to the

Re: HEADS UP: 3.x - 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions

2000-03-21 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Jeffrey J. Mountin" writes: : Are you saying that da0a is (almost) functionally equivalent to da0s3a if : slice 3 is the first FBSD slice. Thought they were for "dangerously : dedicated" partitions. No. That's not correct. While they are used in dangerously

Re: HEADS UP: 3.x - 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions

2000-03-17 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Warner Losh wrote: When I tried the installkernel it installed things as /YOUR_KERNEL_HERE I'll have to update things. Well, for people who like to build multiple kernels like me, the above works... :-) Alas, I have kernel="/DCS" in my /boot/loader.conf. -- Daniel C. Sobral

Re: HEADS UP: 3.x - 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions

2000-03-16 Thread Jeffrey J. Mountin
At 12:03 PM 3/16/00 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: Also, I'd like to suggest modifying 'installkernel' to install the kernel it builds as /kernel, rather than as /${KERNEL} (which usually means /GENERIC). This bit me the first time, and even though it's harmless not everyone is saavy enough

Re: HEADS UP: 3.x - 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions

2000-03-16 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kris Kennaway writes: : I still think we should be recommending people use 'make buildkernel' to : build GENERIC and minimize the possibility of foot-shooting from a stupid : config file which then gets blamed on 4.0 itself. Besides, I tried to : rebuild my kernel

Re: HEADS UP: 3.x - 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions

2000-03-15 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcel Moolenaar writes: : Warner Losh wrote: : To update from 3.x to 4.0 stable : : cd /usr/src : make buildworld : cd sbin/mknod : make install : follow directions to