From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <001601c0e6ec$fc4dc780$83368ec6@jumbo.landra.org> From: "sdrthomas" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0013_01C0E740.B8B3ACC0" Subject: [9fans] Newbie Question: How do I update the system? Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 06:37:52 +1000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a977e914-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C0E740.B8B3ACC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I've just installed the 0327 release of Plan9. I've done a wrap/inst of the updates and I was wondering: What is the set of mk commands that I need to invoke to update the = systems and produce new kernels and a new floppy? Thanks ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C0E740.B8B3ACC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi,

I've just installed the 0327 release of = Plan9.

I've done a wrap/inst of the updates and I was=20 wondering:

What is the set of mk commands that I need = to invoke to=20 update the systems and produce new kernels and a new = floppy?

Thanks

------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C0E740.B8B3ACC0-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Russ Cox" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie Question: How do I update the system? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20010527222947.A804E199EF@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:29:39 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a98c35cc-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > I've done a wrap/inst of the updates and I was wondering: > > What is the set of mk commands that I need to invoke > to update the systems and produce new kernels and a new floppy? You should probably only rebuild the commands that are marked as having changed. In general you cd /sys/src/cmd/directory mk install mk clean To build the terminal disk kernel, cd /sys/src/9/pc mk 'CONF=pcdisk' install and then to boot from it 9fat: cp 9pcdisk /n/9fat You shouldn't need a new boot floppy. To build a new installation floppy, you cd /sys/lib/pcdist/disk mk Russ