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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-04-08 14:59:08 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-04-08 14:59:08 +0000
commit455ea90042405677806696430f316505d1460963 (patch)
tree72aedaa6e86bd0e889f11d6cc91b1689892f34cb /share/man/man8
parent3ed10c5914354145edb68af222916b1f269f6dc7 (diff)
document "make install" for the kernel; requested by Girish Venkatachalam
arm twisting from henning (and an ok)
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/release.8 b/share/man/man8/release.8
index 0a4ad02e11f..aa50d4d2c65 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/release.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/release.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: release.8,v 1.52 2008/03/03 07:02:28 matthieu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: release.8,v 1.53 2008/04/08 14:59:07 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Marco S. Hyman
.\"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.\" LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 3 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 8 2008 $
.Dt RELEASE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -162,15 +162,19 @@ $ make clean depend && make
.Li "make clean"
is your friend.)
.Pp
-Replace the old kernel and reboot:
+Replace the old kernel and reboot.
+The current kernel is copied to
+.Pa /obsd
+and the new kernel to
+.Pa /bsd .
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ su
-# mv /bsd /bsd.old && mv bsd / && chown root:wheel /bsd
+# make install
# shutdown -r now
.Ed
.Pp
If the system does not come up you can boot using
-.Pa bsd.old .
+.Pa /obsd .
.Ss 3. Build a new system
Now that you are running your new kernel you can build a new system.
It's safer (but slower) to remove your object directories and re-create