From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 08:49:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665A816A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:49:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B7E43D1F for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:49:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-171.75.72.2.dial1.weehawken.level3.net ([171.75.72.2] helo=earthlink.net) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1B2CKR-0003QD-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:49:44 -0800 Message-ID: <40533BB1.1020502@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:49:53 -0500 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040222 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: What is the Proper Kernel Location? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:49:44 -0000 Hello, Preparing to apply my first patch to my system and came across a section from the Handbook that I don't fully understand. In section 9.6 If Something Goes Wrong, there is a note in a sub-section called, "The kernel does not boot" which reads: *Note:* If you are having trouble building a kernel, make sure to keep a GENERIC, or some other kernel that is known to work on hand as a different name that will not get erased on the next build. You cannot rely on kernel.old because when installing a new kernel, kernel.old is overwritten with the last installed kernel which may be non-functional. Also, as soon as possible, move the working kernel to the proper kernel location or commands such as ps(1) will not work properly. I thought kernels are all found in the / directory. If so, what location is this passage referring to as the "proper kernel location?" Thanks, Bob Perry -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0