Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:13:38 +1030 From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> To: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <20041118214337.GB5108@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <877D356B-399E-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com> References: <20041109013813.GC576@internode.com.au> <308DF423-399E-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <877D356B-399E-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com>
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 12:15:02PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan said: > Maybe you can disregard that. Looking at "The Complete FreeBSD" I see > that you can just use GENERIC, if you want. So, I typed: Oh! I had just answered, too :-) > make buildworld KERNCONF=GENERIC > > and off it went. > > Any reason why I wouldn't want to use GENERIC? I haven't compiled > anything special for my kernel. None at all, except that using GENERIC gives you a base-line kernel to go back to if you have any problems. It's a good habit to use a different file name as your main kernel if you are going to do any kernel changes. -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999 Dog for sale: Eats lots and is fond of children.
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