Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE

[Ed Budd]

Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>  o  update from cvs
>>       # cd /usr/src
>>       # make update
>>  o  build world/kernel in your normal or single-user mode
>>       # cd /usr/obj
>>       # rm -rf *
>>       # cd /usr/src
>>       # make buildworld
>>       # make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL
>>  o  install kernel/world in single user mode
>>       # reboot [ Choose single User Mode ]
>>       # cd /usr/src
>>       # make installkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL
>>       # make installworld
>>  o  run mergemaster -p
>>       # mergemaster -p
>>  o  reboot
>>       # reboot
>>
>> It's fairly straight-forward once you get the gist :)
>>
>>
> Following Adam's suggestion, I have now gotten to the point where I 
> rebooted into Single-User Mode, entered the /usr/src directory and then 
> entered the command:
> make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> 
> But it almost immediately comes back with errors about the fact that 
> certain directories don't exist and problems with the fact that the file 
> system is read only.
> 
> Perhaps I entered Single User Mode wrong?  On a reboot, I chose not to 
> boot into any system, but to go directly to the loader prompt (something 
> like that). Then I entered the command: boot -s
> 
> Curtis
> 
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Did you remember to mount the partitions after logging in single-user mode?

mount -a
cd /usr/src
make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL