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authorWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-27 04:48:31 +0000
committerWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-27 04:48:31 +0000
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Mention the need to have COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the kernel you use for the
upgrade.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=106020
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@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
<maybe fix /etc/fstab> [7]
make buildworld
- make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
+ make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8]
cp src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
cd src/sys/boot ; make install [6]
@@ -1106,6 +1106,11 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a.
+ [8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
+ needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
+ option in your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system
+ that is hard to boot to recover.
+
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