diff options
| author | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-11-08 02:46:04 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-11-08 02:46:04 +0000 |
| commit | d2799054f0d29c33a1f2ab87ee4d88970ec36d91 (patch) | |
| tree | 6cb8e65b0fb641254012d774605c15d8af6d7038 /UPDATING | |
| parent | cc408e29d0a6df9f7240c66bd8c246bb90efe29f (diff) | |
| download | src-d2799054f0d29c33a1f2ab87ee4d88970ec36d91.tar.gz src-d2799054f0d29c33a1f2ab87ee4d88970ec36d91.zip | |
Also mention PORTS_MODULES
PORTS_MODULES is also an effective way to update the tree. Also
a minor rejustify on this an an adjacent paragraph.
Suggested by: David Wolfskill
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=367475
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 22 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -2303,14 +2303,16 @@ COMMON ITEMS: messages there. If in doubt, please track -stable which has much fewer pitfalls. - [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you - should disable them at this point so they don't crash your - system on reboot. Alternatively, you should rebuild all the - modules you have in your system and install them as well. If - you are running -current, you should seriously consider - placing all sources to all the modules for your system (or - symlinks to them) in /usr/local/sys/modules so this happens - automatically... + [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you should disable + them at this point so they don't crash your system on + reboot. Alternatively, you should rebuild all the modules you have in + your system and install them as well. If you are running -current, you + should seriously consider placing all sources to all the modules for + your system (or symlinks to them) in /usr/local/sys/modules so this + happens automatically. If all your modules come from ports, then adding + the port origin directories to PORTS_MODULES instead is also automatic + and effective, eg: + PORTS_MODULES+=x11/nvidia-driver [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do fsck -p @@ -2319,8 +2321,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS: sh /etc/rc.d/zfs start # mount zfs filesystem, if needed cd src # full path to source adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time - Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that - you boot into single user mode to do the installworld. + Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that you boot + into single user mode to do the installworld. [4] Note: This step is non-optional. Failure to do this step can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the |