Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE

[Ed Budd]

Ed Budd wrote:
> 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
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>


Oops that should have read:

make installworld KERNCONF=MYKERNEL

Sorry...