From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 20 16:36: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D1814BDB for ; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:35:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA77616; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 19:39:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199911210039.TAA77616@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.8 to 3.3 Upgrade Docs and Remaking 228 kernel In-Reply-To: <38371CD1.32617FE@cotdazr.org> from Everett Batey at "Nov 20, 1999 02:12:34 pm" To: efb@cotdazr.org Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 19:39:44 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Everett Batey wrote, > > I now have a LOT of time searching for more recent than 1996 HOWTOs > on kernel UpGrading from 2.2.8 to 3.3 starting with just the kernel > and > needed utils. > > Is there any help .. anywhere ... ? Yes. How about, http://freebsd.simplenet.com/make-upgrade.html > -- Other issue -- > > Found with 2.2.8 I could not even rebuild the kernel without losing my > ed0 > device .. > > not found ... > > GENERIC kernel (unaltered) and compiled made my ethernet > completely GO AWAY .... Current ... > > FreeBSD f.q.d.n. 2.2.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 30 > 06:34:08 GMT 1998 jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC > i386 > > Did config .. make .. save_old_kernel .. install ... > > Thanks in either concern .. Lots of ellipses ... understanding hard ... You recompiled the 2.2.8 GENERIC kernel and you think the ed0 device went away? Is that what you are saying? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message