Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 14:18:33 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net>, "'ODHIAMBO Washington'" <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scripting the buildworld/installworld process Message-ID: <200309011418.33352.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <000501c370c5$35a88290$04fea8c0@moe> References: <000501c370c5$35a88290$04fea8c0@moe>
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On Monday 01 September 2003 01:11 pm, Charles Howse wrote: > > BTW, If you add both of your kernels to /etc/make.conf, you > > would only > > need one buildkernel. The first one is the one that is installed. I > > have it commented now but I used to use > > > > #KERNCONF=RUBY GENERIC > > > > to build both and install just RUBY. I got so that I liked the logs > > I thought it would be a good idea to install both GENERIC and CUSTOM > kernels, so that I could boot to GENERIC if necessary. > > So, if I add KERNCONF=GENERIC CUSTOM to make.conf, then the generic > kernel is installed as /boot/kernel, and I can cp /boot/kernel > /boot/kernel.GENERIC. > > Then I can do installkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM, and that will install > the custom kernel as /boot/kernel, and that will be the default to > boot...? When I do that, I usually install GENERIC first and then install my custom kernel and mv kernel.old to kernel.GENERIC. I haven't thought about it beyond that. You probably also have to chflag it first. FWIW, I rarely use GENERIC except on the first install. I am more likely to boot to kernel.old. If the kernel dies at single user, you want the kernel.old to be a good one and if you have done a couple of kernelinstalls, that won't be true. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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