Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:17:24 +0100 From: Florian Nigsch <flo@nigsch.com> To: Jacob Rhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: retrieving kernel file from memory Message-ID: <20020223141724.D11409@nigsch.com> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20020223190529.00a05120@pop.iprimus.com.au>; from f3z@iprimus.com.au on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 07:07:27PM %2B1100 References: <5.0.0.25.2.20020223190529.00a05120@pop.iprimus.com.au>
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 07:07:27PM +1100, Jacob Rhoden wrote: > I recompiled my kernel twice, then thought it might be a nice idea to have > a copy of the old kernel in case the system didn't boot properly. Is there > a (simpleish) way to get a copy of the current kernel in memory back on disk? ---end quoted text--- The kernel you are running is /kernel unless you specified another kernel in the boot-process by the boot-loader. If you want have a kernel of which you know that it runs and you want to keep it for later purposes you can always copy it's file (/kernel) to another file, let's say /kernel.good. In case you install a new kernel as your default kernel (/kernel) the current kernel is saved for you in /kernel.old flo -- --- Florian Nigsch <flo@nigsch.com> http://flo.nigsch.com/ PGP key: http://flo.nigsch.com/fnigsch.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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