From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 4 08:52:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA29994 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 08:52:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [206.222.77.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA29987 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 08:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA14451; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 11:46:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 11:46:23 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Mayo To: Michael Smith cc: Vinay Kumar , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel panic with 2.2-Gamma In-Reply-To: <199703040828.SAA12819@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Vinay Kumar stands accused of saying: > > > > I decided to upgrade from 2.1.5 to the latest RELENG_2_2 from > > cvsup.freebsd.org. I managed to compile, but the kernle panics after > > learning that my computer is a pentium pro. > > When upgrading, you should check with the sample GENERIC configuration > file to make sure that new options haven't been added that your old > configuration is missing. Using a kernel config file from 2.1.5 with 2.2 > is a Very Bad Idea. Does a make world put a new copy of the GENERIC and LINT kernels in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf ?? I didn't think so, which leads me to ask where to get a new GENERIC kernel file? TIA, -Mark > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. -- Arthur Schopenhauer