Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:26:36 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making a new kernel Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980615182636.007f2450@mx.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <199806151403.HAA20850@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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Well, what *I* meant by "go at it wholeheartedly without restraint" is that it's really impossible to ruin your system or make it difficult/confusing to recover by building a kernel that doesn't work (at least under FreeBSD... other *nixes are not so forgiving). Just typing 'kernel.GENERIC' (no quotes) at the Boot: prompt and hit ENTER, then have another go at it makes it simple and nearly foolproof. In fact, it's safer than using the system upgrade option in /stand/sysinstall - FAR safer. *THAT* utility scares me. I hope the 3.0 release has some improvements to the system upgrade section. It messes up /etc far too often, and I've taken to gzipping my entire /etc directory and copying it elsewhere (including doing directories one by one, by hand, if need be) before using it. At 07:03 AM 6/15/98 -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: >Which is what I meant by "restraint" -- "read up on it first" (vs. "don't >do it at all"). > >I presumed that folks would be learning.... > >david >-- >David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator >dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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