From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 10 8:12:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 154EB37B401 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:12:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA2243EA9 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:12:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a117.otenet.gr [212.205.215.117]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBAGCLOs009404; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:12:29 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBAGCGxQ002354; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:12:16 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBAGCGj0002353; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:12:16 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:12:15 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Roman Neuhauser Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20021210161215.GE1454@gothmog.gr> References: <200212090952.21853.pacman@huji.ac.il> <20021209202458.GB56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021209202458.GB56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-12-09 21:24, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # pacman@huji.ac.il / 2002-12-09 09:52:21 +0200: > > Any one can explaind me why FreeBSD doesn't have the KERNEL stored under > > /boot? > > most probably historical reasons; it's under /boot in -CURRENT IIRC. Yep. Under 5.X the kernel and its associated modules live under a subdirectory of /boot, called /boot/kernel by default. Mind you, this is not mandatory or enforced by the boot loader (everything is configurable, and you can still tweak your configuration files to make the setup of 5.X look exactly like the one in 4.X). I'm just saying what the default is... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message