From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 21:09:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA19532 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:09:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19506 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:09:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from tui.pinnacle.co.nz (tui.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.3]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA11832; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:06:30 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:05:54 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Leonard Ong cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Update In-Reply-To: <199808310304.KAA00960@server2.rad.net.id> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Leonard Ong wrote: > So in other words, in time when we are learning, we need to > reinstall all over again and again. Why do you need to reinstall? FreeBSD != Windows, you really only need to install it on a system once. >it wouldn't efficient if i have 2.2.6 > kernel and cvs it to 2.2.7 ( Kernel only src-sys ). Why? > Is there a way like in li*ux that we d/l the whole kernel sources than > untar/ungzip them to get the latest kernel ? instead of 'CVS' it ? That way > i never have to update to internet each time i reinstall my system. If you're updating sources only, CVS traffic is pretty efficient. IIRC, only updated sources will be transferred - much more efficient that transferring all the sources all the time. > The last questions is, I want to use Fat32 and Vfat features available > only in 2.2.7, and i'm using 2.2.6. Should i update the kernel only or > should i update other part too ? It is always safer to update userland and kernel at the same time. Jonathan Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message