Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:37:51 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Robert H. Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading the kernel Message-ID: <20031023163513.Q55711-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <3F985821.9060304@earthlink.net>
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Robert H. Perry wrote to Ryan Thompson: > >In your scenario, yes, you'll definitely want to build a new kernel. > >In fact, I hope you elected to go with the security branch > >(RELENG_4_8), so that you get the 13 or so security related fixes > >that have been applied since 4.8 was released. > > Hadn't intended to, but now I'll have to consider it. This is my > first upgrade and I was sticking with the basics. Yep. If you're upgrading from source anyway, upgrading to RELENG_4_8 is no harder than -RELEASE. > > If not, then it defaults to GENERIC. In your case, though, again, > > you shouldn't have any problems building from your custom conf. > > Just to clarify then, is the following OK: > > # cd /usr/src > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM > # make installkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM > > CUSTOM is the name of my kernel config file. Yes. For the full how-to, follow the instructions in: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America
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