From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 06:25:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4839216A417 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zszalbot@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E0613C442 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:25:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zszalbot@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so250483nfb.33 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:25:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=tyhIDCe+tDnJsugXffVllBF+5yd2J+gQqyGFRcqEFyA=; b=VnJ4URaLbN7yEMeHGeesSoagBH0eVM3NB9dPwKJ6FyNdSl1T+HqRIg3t0ATcHr0Own4HhYe7zKrYb+IqeTAguAQdG+VpBES6a7W35XJZ/TDZHasV4breahymMBt1nZmka41jAHFZgtY8Cw8UQrwtTM9aWIJCxKvDqePvSAMtNcM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nOK702BlqhOfCLaFwf3/HoRsjwkXSQIrCZwtsB2RW6pN+uNLtScTV7dWm4wS9V58Bx0yAoxBl2fpf4ywKChFqNHAgFr2CFZQfVbrepcUP+6iaAK020n4sZWw/EMY+oNzXF85xps5V2i4YIZcFvhgRHDCO22ll01YU04O13xwBD8= Received: by 10.78.159.7 with SMTP id h7mr8432305hue.17.1200896752071; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:25:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.130.5 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:25:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <94136a2c0801202225r47f424a7gfc3f3fbebffc9403@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:25:52 +0100 From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" To: "Manolis Kiagias" In-Reply-To: <4791C177.6030304@otenet.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <94136a2c0801181417w395f7532w4761fc76388ed60@mail.gmail.com> <47912AE1.6000603@otenet.gr> <94136a2c0801190114u46f872eas8f6afd5e52dd73b1@mail.gmail.com> <4791C177.6030304@otenet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and 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: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:25:54 -0000 Hello, > >> It will not update your kernel, but if you do freebsd-update install you > >> will get an updated GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. > >> > >> This is what I did: > >> > >> freebsd-update -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade > >> > >> (got the warning you mentioned) > >> > >> freebsd-update install > >> > >> Got a message about installing kernel updates. Got a new generic kernel > >> in /boot/GENERIC (check to see this exists!) Yes, on the other machine there is no /boot/GENERIC So what do I do (I followed the steps you described). # locate GENERIC /usr/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC.hints /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC.hints /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /usr/src/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC.hints /usr/src/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC.hints /usr/src/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC.hints /usr/src/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC.hints Thanks! Zbigniew Szalbot