From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 12 18:16:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF4116A4CE for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 18:16:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9BF543D76 for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 18:16:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from probertm@acm.org) Received: from pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr7so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.84])2004))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 May 2005 12:16:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.147]) by pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IGE003KE2QX7WE0@pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 May 2005 12:16:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from kant (S010600065be1a310.gv.shawcable.net [24.108.68.44]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IGE0040C2QX89@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 May 2005 12:16:09 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:15:40 -0700 From: Mark Probert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200505121115.40610.probertm@acm.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Subject: Kernel upgrade how-to X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:16:26 -0000 Hi .. Is there documentation on how to do a kernel upgrade? I am looking at going from 5.3 to 5.4 and I am pretty sure that steps are: (1) upgrade the /usr/src tree (2) recomple the kernel (3) install the new kernel I am not sure of the best or official way of doing (1). Plus, am I missing something essential, like support libraries, changes in the boot process, etc.? Any help appreciated. Regards, -- -mark. (probertm at acm dot org)