Nik Clayton wrote:
>
> On a related note, why does UPDATING say to build and install the kernel,
> and then reboot, before doing the "installworld"? That contradicts the
> advice in the Handbook (which I wrote), and I would've thought it's wrong
> precisely because it allows for things like kernel/mount mismatches to
> occur.
Because the signal interface changed several months ago. If you ran
installworld on an old kernel, the machine would panic part way through
the install. It is almost impossible to do forward compatibility on
major changes. I guess you need to update the handbook to reflect this
change.
Jim Bloom
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