Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:09:21 +0000 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: FreeBSD questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Booting an alternate kernel Message-ID: <20021123160921.GA54194@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20021123093535.010ff368@mail.sage-one.net> References: <20021123150522.GA53763@users.munk.nu> <3.0.5.32.20021123093535.010ff368@mail.sage-one.net>
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On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:35:35AM -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: > At 03:05 PM 11.23.2002 +0000, Jez Hancock wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have fbsd 4.7 installed on a hdd in a dev machine which I want to transfer > >to and from another machine. However the current machine is a K6-2 CPU > and the target > >machine is an AMD Athlon 1900+ - a generic kernel will not work > >when I transfer the hdd between machines. > > > >I've just built a new kernel that will work in the Athlon and the kernel > >that works ok in the K6 machine is now called /kernel.old. > > > >How can I make sure I don't accidentally overwrite /kernel.old (ie when > >I rebuild the kernel again)? Ideally I'd like to rename kernel.old to > >something like kernel.k6, but would I have to rename the /modules.old > >dir too? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Jez > > > > You can just copy the kernel to kernel.k6. You don't need to delete the > kernel.old..... Cheers Jack. The main thing I was unsure of was what files a kernel rebuild puts in /modules - ie if I had to rename /modules.old as well as just /kernel.old - but I've had a chance to check it out now and it seems the size of /modules and /modules.old is identical (as long as the release point is the same of course). All ticking over verrrrrrrry fast - this athlon 1900+ is a far cry from the p166 ! On to building X on freebsd for first time - joy ;) Thanks again, Jez To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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