Re: improvement suggestion for upgrde47.html

Nick Holland <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.www
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Remco wrote:
> In "Upgrading without install kernel" of the upgrade47.html document, 
> the "Install new kernel(s) " section reads something along the lines of:
> "Do this, and if you use a MP kernel you should have done that instead"
> 
> I also think that normally a bsd.sp kernel is created in the multiprocessor 
> case.
> 
> To give a bit better guidance to the upgrader and in order to create the 
> bsd.sp file, I'd like to propose the following replacement text:
> 
> Install new kernel(s) 
> export RELEASEPATH=/usr/rel   # where you put the files
> cd ${RELEASEPATH}
> 
> if you are using the single processor kernel, use:
> rm /obsd ; ln /bsd /obsd && cp bsd /nbsd && mv /nbsd /bsd
> cp bsd.rd bsd.mp /
> 
> if you are using the multiprocessor kernel, use:
> rm /obsd ; ln /bsd /obsd && cp bsd.mp /nbsd && mv /nbsd /bsd
> cp bsd.rd /
> cp bsd /bsd.sp

I agree with the idea...  I think I'm stuck in the single-processor
mindset.

However, my goal here is to make life easier on people, not to re-use
text in the most efficient way, so I just duplicated the entire block
and let the reader pick accordingly, so they can do the entire
operation in one copy/paste.

Nick.
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.