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Subject: Re: Repopulating the GENERIC kernel
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Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>> I have a production 6.2 STABLE machine w/something like this in /etc/make.conf:
>>
>> KERNCONF=MYKERN SMP GENERIC
>>
>> When I do a 'make kernel', as I understand it, all three kernels get *build* but only
>> MYKERN actually gets installed.
>>
>> So ... how do I get the latest version of GENERIC (that I just compiled per the above)
>> "installed" into /boot *without* it actually being the active kernel.  IOW, I want
>> my kernel build to *install* MYKERN as the active kernel and refresh GENERIC just in
>> case I need it to recover a failed boot...
> 
> try with
> 
> make buildkernel
> make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC INSTKERNNAME=GENERIC
> make installkernel KERNCONF=SMP INSTKERNNAME=SMP
> make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=MYKERN
> 
> then set the name of the kernel that you want to boot off in
> /boot/loader.conf, as
> 
> kernel=MYKERN
> 
> I don't know if there's an automatized way to perform the same...

Well ... I guess I could avoid the last step with:

make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=kernel

... since I believe the bootloader defaults to looking for a kernel called, um, "kernel" :)

> 
> Hope this helps,
> 

Yes - it helps greatly.  Thanks!