From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 14:06:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 6F41A16A41F for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:06:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2177043D46 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:06:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=grokwell.org) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1E67Vz-0005si-Gc; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:06:35 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:06:34 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Ricky Message-ID: <20050819090634.32622535@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: <20050819133937.67913.qmail@web51904.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050819133937.67913.qmail@web51904.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.11 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bcf0fef510f8d86d717bd2de606e205042350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HOW to boot off the 5.4-Release CD with a different kernel that supports more hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:06:38 -0000 On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:39:37 -0400 (EDT) Ricky wrote: > Hi, > > The default 5.4 kernel does include the MK-III > patches from Soren as the 6.0 default Kernel does. I > have problems installing the 5.4 Release on my system > because I am missing these patches. I have tried > burning a cd while replacing the kernel with a > recompiled one but apparently the mfsroot.flp is not > well updated against the new kernel. I am relatively > new to FreeBSD and don`t understand well the exact > booting process even after some readings on forums and > web sites. Could a gentle someone explain how the > modify the original 5.4 Iso and replace the stock > kernel ? > > Thanks in advance for any help regarding this. > > P.S. > > If I am not in the right mailing-list for this or if > question is of too low degree, please simply disregard > the post. Would making a "release" from STABLE or CURRENT branches solve your problem? I've never done it with FreeBSD; but I found the following documentation, which may be helpful: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/release-build.html Good luck, Andrew Gould