From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 13 23:17:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA18579 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:17:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA18574 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:17:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA07757; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:17:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Alan Krantz cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can I run 2.2.1 or 2.7.1 kernel with 2.0 system ? In-Reply-To: <199704131021.GAA26270@pdoc1.mathcs.emory.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Alan Krantz wrote: > Hi, I want to update my system from 2.0 to 2.2.1 but I'm having > problems with a scsi tape drive (need to back up system before I > upgrade). Can i ftp a 2.2.1 or 2.1.7 kernel and use it (with 2.0 > utilities and filesystem) to do the backup? No. I think that 2.0-R is way too different. You should concentrate on your tape first (which _should_ work) than trying to upgrade. WHat model of tape do you have and what kind of problems are you having with it? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major