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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:26:58 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Ana Romero <anar@ees2.oulu.fi>
Cc:        Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: building a kernel with sources
Message-ID:  <20010119032658.A2982@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0101191153410.27867-100000@stekt56>; from anar@ees2.oulu.fi on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 12:02:41PM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.30.0101191153410.27867-100000@stekt56>

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On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 12:02:41PM +0200, Ana Romero wrote:
> Hi!!
>=20
> I have FreeBSD 4.0 installed in my PC and I need to install the kernel
> sources from an older version and have both kernels. How can I do it?
>=20
> Do I have to copy kernel sources of the older version and rebuild it? Do I
> need anything else?

The FreeBSD kernel and userland are a combined whole. You can't safely
mix and match kernels and userlands from different versions of
FreeBSD.

Kris

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