From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 9 13:17:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C141515C for ; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:17:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:17:20 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105975@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Andreas Rozek' , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Tassilo Erlewein Subject: RE: Upgrading the kernel from 2.2.x to 3.2 Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:19:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can't upgrade JUST the kernel. FreeBSD isn't like linux where the kernel and the userland are separate entites. You'll need to upgrade the whole system from 2.2.x to 3.2. There are several ways you could do this. 1. CVSUP the source code and do a 'make upgrade' (there is more to it than that). 2. Create the boot floppies and do a binary upgrade. 3. Backup your date, wipe the system clean, install from scratch. Each has it's ups and downs. Take a look at http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd/ for more detailed information on how-tos. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Rozek [SMTP:Andreas.Rozek@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.De] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 12:24 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Cc: Andreas Rozek; Tassilo Erlewein > Subject: Upgrading the kernel from 2.2.x to 3.2 > > Hello! > > We have a running FreeBSD 2.2 installation here and would like to up- > grade the kernel to 3.2 (due to outdated libraries and multicast bugs > in the old kernel). Are there special procedures to "upgrade" an exi- > sting kernel rather than to (re-)install a new one? > > Thanks in advance for your effort! > > Andreas Rozek > Rechenzentrum Universitaet Stuttgart ****** ** ** ***** > Kommunikationssysteme/BelWue-Entwicklung ** ** ** ** ** > Allmandring 3a ** ** ** ** ** > D-70550 Stuttgart ****** ** ** ***** > *** ** ** ** > Telefon: ++49 (711) 685-4514 ** ** ** ** ** > Telefax: ++49 (711) 678-8363 ** ** ***** ****** > E-Mail: Andreas.Rozek@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.De To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message