From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 23 6: 3:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8898A37B401 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:03:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F7943E88 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:03:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdarnold@buddydog.org) Received: (qmail 15720 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2002 13:03:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO max) ([66.92.76.225]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 23 Oct 2002 13:03:25 -0000 Message-ID: <200210230903250920.0E0054D6@mail.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <00cc01c27a98$6eef0110$fb69cecd@donatev49iknkl> References: <00cc01c27a98$6eef0110$fb69cecd@donatev49iknkl> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:03:25 -0400 Reply-To: jdarnold@buddydog.org From: "Jonathan Arnold" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading Computer Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 >I just aquired a pent 300 and was currently using a pent 200. But I used a >GENERIC kernel that came with the FreeBSD because I never new how to= modify >it at the time. Because I never changed the Kernel can't I just switch the >hardrives and network cards? From reading the boot up process I don't= think I don't think there should be a problem, but I too will be experimenting with this. I just ordered a new mobo and CPU (nothing cutting edge - a 1.6 AMD) to replace my old dual 333mhz system, and that's exactly what I= planned to do. Reboot using the GENERIC kernel. BTW, assuming you have a reasonably fast Internet connection, rebuilding the kernel is nothing to be that scared of. There's plenty of great= resources, and as long as you know how to select which kernel at boot time, and you save your currently working one with a known name, you can always get back up and running. Just to change subject a bit, one thing a lot of the resources say when you want to select which kernel to boot is to hit some key besides enter at the prompt. Then, at the "ok" prompt, just say "boot theotherkernel". But when I try this, I get a "Kernel has already been loaded" message. I= finally figured out to do an "unload kernel" to get around this, but I was= wondering why I had to do this? -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) The Incredible Brightness of Seeing, a Home Theater weblog http://www.anaze.us/HomeTheater To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message