2 Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> wrote: Read all your material, thank you! Got lots more questions, but this should clear it up: * Which ezm3 should I d/l if I want to build FBSD on an i386 box? Is this the option? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/ezm3/ezm3-1.0-NetBSDi386-boot.tar.bz2 * Which one isn't set up to work with a GUI? The link on this page is broken: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html * Where do I get these files: /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/src/Makefile? * What happens if my Internet connection is dropped while I'm doing mergemaster? * How do I make sure userland and the new kernel are synchronized before rebooting? * How do I make sure the new kernel is capable of booting before actually rebooting? After CVSup is installed... synch your source to 6.1 # How? cvsup -g -L 2 supfile d /usr/src make clean;make cleanworld make buildworld cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ # back up any custom config there is cp GENERIC BACKUP_CONFIG cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL sh /etc/rc.shutdown # kills all your services pkill sendmail pkill syslogd mergemaster -p make installworld mergemaster reboot portmaster -u -f make delete-old-libs Should I throw these flags? make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL This won't kill my ssh, will it? sh /etc/rc.shutdown How do I synch my source to 6.1? TIA, beno --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.