Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:13:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: a@jenisch.at Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up kernel before upgrade - 4.9 - how? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0311061212090.12411@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20031106105003.GA3394@athena.oekb.co.at> References: <20031106105003.GA3394@athena.oekb.co.at>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 a@jenisch.at wrote: > In order to have a "safety belt" I'd like to backup my current kernel > before upgrading (i.e. "make installkernel") my newly compiled kernel. > > Which files do I need to back up? > > I thought about > > /kernel (file) > /modules (directory) > > Anything else? > > TIA for your help, "make installkernel" will rename your current kernel and modules to kernel.old and modules.old for you. I tend to explicitly grab a copy of configs (/etc) prior to using mergemaster; this is purely paranoia on my part. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Axioms speak louder than words.
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