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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 05:49:24 +0000 (GMT)
From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To: FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com>
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Subject: Re: make kernel KERNCONF=
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On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, FreeBSD user wrote:

> Newbie question, how do I build a new kernel and put it at a place and
> name that I specify rather than always to /kernel? Ie.,
>
> cd /usr/src && make kernel KERNCONF=GENERIC OUTPUT=/kernel.GENERIC
>
> In another words, I don't want /kernel to be overwritten. Thanks in
> advance.
Your old kernel isn't overwritten. It will be safed as
/kernel.old
so you can boot it in case your new kernel doesn't work.
If you wish to collect old kernels you could call them
/kernel25
/kernel26
etc.

Regards,

Uli.

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