From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 10 22: 3: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dv-db.com (dv-db.com [207.159.141.95]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2B637B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:03:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dvdnews.co.uk) Received: from mark2 (usr303-bh2.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.233.59]) by dv-db.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA02486; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:02:57 +0100 (GMT/BST) Message-ID: <014f01c109c6$bf8e1960$3de91e3e@mark2> From: "Mark Hughes" To: "Matthew K. Cowger" , "Luiz Emerson" Cc: References: <20010711042108.87390.qmail@web14305.mail.yahoo.com> <3B4BD642.2090106@bowdoin.edu> Subject: Re: Kernel Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:02:51 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Hello...!!! > > I'm new user of the freebsd and would like of to know > > if exist upgrade of kernel with in the linux. > I'm not sure If I understand your question, but here's what I think you > are asking: > > "Can I upgrade the kernel, like in linux?" > > If so, the answer is an emphatic yes! While the actual procedure is > different than that for linux (easier, in fact), it can be done quite > simply: look at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-buil ding.html I think he's asking if there is a kernel upgrade available, and the answer really is always no, because unlike linux you cannot upgrade the kernel in FreeBSD without upgrading the rest of the OS aswell, due to them being intrinsically linked in FreeBSD. What you have linked to there is how to make a custom kernel, not upgrade it, you'll simply be recompiling your existing kernel with different options/drivers using that. You can upgrade the entire OS to the current level using CVS, including the kernel. See the handbook for CVS info. Indeed, one of the benefits of FreeBSD is that you do not need to continually upgrade the kernel... ...unless I've got it all wrong :+) Regards, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message