Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:57:57 -0600 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: "A. Tatsyuk" <alextats@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about kernel Message-ID: <200106280557.f5S5vv166958@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <OE20H9bMVzNwUOM2dY500000d36@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:57:06 +0300 "A. Tatsyuk" wrote:
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| Using Linux (Mandrake 8.0 distribution) I knew that to update my system I
| just need to download new kernel from kernel.org and compile it (if the
| kernel is not very changed) . But it's not all clear for me with FreeBSD. Is
| it possible to update system by downloading only new kernel, or kernel and
| system programs are not independent there?
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The kernel may be maintained separately from the kernel within reason.
You have essentially three choices with freebsd. -release, -stable or
-current. Which you choose has a lot to do with your acceptance of risk.
If you do not have access to the FreeBSD handbook that came with
your installation you can find it at
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
The specific details you might be interested in may be found at
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html
Good Luck
--
Chris Fedde
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