From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 20 22:59:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4881816A400 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:59:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from regulus.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E5B13C441 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:59:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by regulus.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0KMx0qd068976 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:59:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:59:00 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <60882.192.168.11.7.1169318360.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> <45B28C69.7080805@dienub.org> In-Reply-To: <45B28C69.7080805@dienub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701201659.00393.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on regulus.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 with custom kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:59:03 -0000 On Saturday 20 January 2007 15:40, Daniel A. wrote: > Christian Baer wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:25:16 -0600 Jonathan Horne wrote: > >> usually, i: > >> > >> rm -rf /usr/src/* /usr/obj/* > >> > >> and then just cvsup a whole new set of sources. i then buildworld and > >> buildkernel as laid out in the handbook: > > > > You do of course know that by doing that you also erase your custom > > kernel-config file? By default it is in /usr/src/sys/*plattform*/conf. > > If he hadn't read the relevant part of the handbook, he indeed would > have deleted his kernel config file. But since he did read the handbook, > the kernel config file is still placed in /root/kernels/ or some other > part of the file-system which one does not erase so thoughtlessly. So > all he has to do is link his config after the csup :) > > > Regards > > Chris actually, yes, i do delete my config. no, i dont keep a copy in my /root/ dir... as the whole thing is backed up in rotation to my netbackup server. so after i delete it all, and cvsup, i just run a restore job of all my custom kernel files that live in ../i386/conf. 6 one way, 1/2 dozen the other. :) cheers, jonathan