Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:21:26 +0200 From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> To: a@jenisch.at Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up kernel before upgrade - 4.9 - how? Message-ID: <200311061921.hA6JLGGq010504@lv.raad.tartu.ee> In-Reply-To: <20031106105003.GA3394@athena.oekb.co.at>
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Hi! > 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) Running make installkernel backs up your current /kernel as /kernel.old and /modules as /modules.old. The previous *.old is removed, so if you want to preserve *these*, you'll need to do it manually. -- Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.
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