Re: learning to buildworld

On 4/24/06, Kevin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jonathan Horne wrote: > > >i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the > >buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the > entire > >process down pat, before i attempt it on my production serve

Re: learning to buildworld

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Jonathan Horne wrote: [...] the installworld comes while in single user mode, and my production server would see quite a bit of downtime over this. Just a couple more data points. I have two machines, an elderly K6-2 running at 400 MHz and a relatively modern P4 running a

Re: learning to buildworld

On Monday 24 April 2006 11:00, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On April 24, 2006 11:02:18 AM -0500 Jonathan Horne > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and > > practicing the buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make > > sure i have the entire

Re: learning to buildworld

Jonathan Horne wrote: i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the entire process down pat, before i attempt it on my production server. So, Mr. Murphy has never visited? "down pat" is probably

Re: learning to buildworld

"Jonathan Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ive seen several articles on the net, and of course, no one agrees on the > exact steps to take to update your system. The actual release engineers *do* agree. Use the procedure in the Handbook. Or you will likely be on your own if you have problems.

Re: learning to buildworld

--On April 24, 2006 11:02:18 AM -0500 Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the entire process down pat, before i attempt it on my production server. the

learning to buildworld

Jonathan Horne writes: > ive seen several articles on the net, and of course, no one > agrees on the exact steps to take to update your system. my > question is, is it safe to 'mergemaster' Yes. > and 'make installworld' while still up and running? Abs

learning to buildworld

i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the entire process down pat, before i attempt it on my production server. the handbook states that i should: make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel