Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:11:45 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: Tom Beer <mailings@analogon.com>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mangled /usr/src Message-ID: <226310000.998655105@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <001a01c12c8f$d2df9ca0$0901a8c0@system> References: <001a01c12c8f$d2df9ca0$0901a8c0@system>
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--On Friday, August 24, 2001 13:27:34 +0200 Tom Beer <mailings@analogon.com> wrote: > Hi, > > my /usr/src directory is mangled, > so I'm unable to install i4b. > How can I safely update my > /usr/src without lost of Kernels? Move your kernel configuration files out of /sys/i386/conf to somewhere else e.g. /home/kernels Delete /usr/src and reinstall it. Leave your kernel config files in /home/kernels and create a symlink from /sys/i386/conf instead e.g. cd /sys/i386/conf ln -s /home/kernels/MYCONFIG . It's much better to keep your kernel config files out of /usr/src because it's quite easy to forget about them and blow away /usr/src and lose them. Paul Richards FreeBSD Services Ltd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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