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To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make 
 yerkernels
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> 
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> > Summary of Officially Sanctioned Update Procedure:
> >
> > make buildworld
> > make buildkernel
> > make installkernel
> > shutdown (drop into single-user mode)
> > make installworld
> > mergemaster
> > reboot
> >
> 
> The problem I have with make installkernel is the following:
> if my kernel is called XXX, then the name of the new kernel is
> /XXX, not /kernel.
> 
> So one would have to add the instructions:
> 
> cd /
> chflags noschg XXX
> mv XXX kernel
> chflags schg XXX
> 
> This seems quite a bit of extra instructions.  Is this what is intended?

You can edit /boot/loader.conf and add a line like this:

kernel="XXX"

This way, XXX will be loaded instead of "kernel".

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Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
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		<jkh> _DES: The Book of Bruce has only one sentence in it, and it says
"the actual directives of my cult are left as an exercise for the
reader. Good luck."
		<EE> jkh: does it really include the 'good luck' part?
		<jkh> EE: OK, I made that part up.
		<jkh> EE: I figured it should sound a bit more cheery than how Bruce
initially dictated it to me.




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