From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 13:31:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 845F7106564A for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:31:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F53F8FC16 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:31:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.244.97] helo=Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Kgg57-000Ok6-If; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:31:35 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A7524FC136; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:31:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48D3A9B4.3050502@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:31:32 -0400 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Tseng References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=1C940290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel upgrades X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:31:36 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joe Tseng wrote: > I'm still new to FreeBSD (coming from CentOS/Ubuntu) so this might be > something totally obvious to others... I know I can update ports by using > portsnap fetch/extract/update - does this update the kernel source as well? > How do I apply this new code? > > - Joe Hi Joe, Welcome to the FreeBSD world! I am also a Linux convert and have had great success with FreeBSD over the past several years. I use the freebsd-update utility (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html) to perform binary upgrades on the servers that I manage. Be aware that it only supports upgrading GENERIC kernels. If you have a custom kernel, read the bottom of this post for information about how freebsd-update handles that: http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-stable&id=2642739 You can use freebsd-update to upgrade FreeBSD minor releases as well as major releases. Check out these blog postings for more information: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-10-freebsd-minor-version-upgrade.html http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade.html Best of luck, and post back to this mailing list with additional questions that you might have. Best regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI06m00sRouByUApARAmpSAJ9VbW/J8u20IfU1ze5NnK1ftYgwiwCgxARM fnckD+dNqFAeHaLIxQuH8Ck= =ZkmK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----