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Date:      Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:06:40 -0600
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To:        Jim Keller <freebsd@contexthosting.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.9 won't upgrade ?
Message-ID:  <20060124040640.GB34914@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <43D5754E.9010804@contexthosting.net>
References:  <43D5754E.9010804@contexthosting.net>

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[ Redirecting to -stable, where it's more appropriate ]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 07:31:10PM -0500 I heard the voice of
Jim Keller, and lo! it spake thus:
>
> I go through the whole process, and although it does appear to
> recompile the system (my openssl went from the original distro to
> the newest version, for example), uname -a is still reporting the
> distro as 4.9-RELEASE.

That's because you haven't installed the new kernel.


> Also, it will not install a custom kernel, it always goes to
> GENERIC, even when I specify KERNCONF= in the buildkernel process.

This I dunno about.  Were I you, I'd just go ahead and get GENERIC
installed and running so that your kernel matches your userland at
least, then worry about why your can't seem to build your own kernel.


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd@over-yonder.net
Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/
           On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.



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