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>Number:         5659
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       2.2.5 Install doesn't copy kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb  5 05:20:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christoph Weber-Fahr
>Organization:
O.tel.o. Communications
>Release:        2.2.5
>Environment:
FreeBSD hektor.otelo-call.de 2.2.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 29
22:07:42 CET 1998     root@hektor.otelo-call.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/HEKTOR  i38
6
>Description:
Installed 2.2.5 over an existing 2.2.2-System. 
Sine I had rescued /etc and other config stuff manually,
I didn't use the 'upgrade' option but did a custom install
without newfs. Install recognised existing partitions and 
acknowleged an existing system ('won't make new devices').
Install completed without error messages.

After reboot system came up with old custom-compiled 2.2.2
kernel, and quite some error messages (unserstandably :-)
The root fs contained (among others)
  - the old 2.2.2 /kernel
  - a new 2.2.5 /kernel.GENERIC
  - a zero length file /kernel.install (or somesuch)



>How-To-Repeat:
see above
>Fix:
Copying the .GENERIC to /kernel did the trick.

I've checked the errata.txt on the ftp sites and found 
nothing on that topic.

If that's not a bug but a feature, install should 
refuse to proceed at some point or give some 
kind of error message on it.


>Audit-Trail:
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