Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:01:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: CyberPsychotic <fygrave@krsu.edu.kg> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel dies. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980716015827.9254A-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980716103037.17417C-100000@unslaved.freenet.bishkek.su>
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, CyberPsychotic wrote: > Well, I have CD of 2.2.5 around, but is it possible to upgrade the > kernel without touching/recompiling the rest of binaries. I came to BSD > from the linux world, and there it wasn't problem at all, but in BSD > things are much different.. so.. > > anyway, thanks for your help,... The supported procedure is to make world (userland) and then build your new kernel, if you're upgrading to newer source. However, if config(8) hasn't changed, you might be able to get away with building the kernel only. Why would you want to, though? Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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