On 05/10/2013 21:41, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 16:00:25 -0400, Eric Feldhusen wrote: >> I see my /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC is a 9.2 kernel, so I should just >> be able to do a >> >> cd /usr/src >> make buildworld >> make installworld >> reboot >> >> and I'll be running up on the 9.2 kernel and then I'll be all set? > > No. You should follow the procedure mentioned in the > comment header of /usr/src/Makefile. From my (old) > b-STABLE system: > > # 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). > # 2. `make buildworld' > # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > # [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target] > # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). > # 6. `mergemaster -p' > # 7. `make installworld' > # 8. `make delete-old' > # 9. `mergemaster' (you may wish to use -i, along with -U or -F). > # 10. `reboot' > # 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore) > > Pick what you need to do. When kernel and world sources are > in sync, a new kernel can always be installed in multi-user > mode. To install world, you should drop to single-user mode > to avoid interferences with a full-featured system running > in the "background". This procedure (or parts of it) will > also work when you have been using freebsd-update to modify > your kernel, world, and sources. >
Errrmm... The OP is maintaining his system using freebsd-update -- just
building and installing a replacement kernel from the source tree
installed via freebsd-update is in fact perfectly OK and a supported way
to manage a FreeBSD system.
While you are quoting the official instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING
here (so they are completely correct in that sense) these are the
instructions to do something rather different to what the OP intended.
Cheers,
Matthew
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