From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 24 10:55:55 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA01492 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 10:55:55 -0800 Received: from bigdipper.umd.edu (bigdipper.umd.edu [128.8.220.139]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA01486 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 18:55:53 GMT Received: (from adhir@localhost) by bigdipper.umd.edu (8.6.8/8.6.6) id OAA10965; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 14:39:19 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 14:39:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Alok K. Dhir" To: "Michael C. Newell" cc: "Daniel Stephens (CSC)" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Kernel... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 Dec 1994, Michael C. Newell wrote: > On Sat, 24 Dec 1994, Daniel Stephens (CSC) wrote: > > > I know this question has been asked before because I saw the response to > > it. I also promptly deleted the response. I then went galavanting > > through the www site searching all the list archives for the answer, but > > to no avail. Anyhoo, could some kind soul please tell me how to delete > > the old /kernel and put in its place a shiny new one? > > I save all my mail; then wais index it for easy access... :{) 250Mb and > rising... :{) :{) :{) > > Here's the most relevant I could find... > >> Well, almost. Single user didn't do it. I had to 'chflags noschg /kernel' >> and that did it. Not sure whether it would have allowed that multiuser. I read all my mail, then neuron-index it for later retrieval. :-) Here's the most relevant I could find: Use "make install" to automatically move /kernel to /kernel.old and then copy the newly made kernel to /. BTW - the chflags thing is essentially what make install is doing - its just more typing... -------------------------------------___--------------------------------- | Al Dhir, Programmer Analyst /___\ UMCP Ag-Engineering Dept | | Internet: adhir@bigdipper.umd.edu (o o) (301) 405-1197 | ---------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo-----------------------------