From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 27 05:23:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA24206 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 05:23:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA24157 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 05:22:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA25439; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:22:47 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id OAA14360; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:22:46 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980327142246.09824@follo.net> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:22:46 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Viren R. Shah" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using 2.2.5 kernel with 2.2.6? References: <199803271313.IAA00448@rstcorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199803271313.IAA00448@rstcorp.com>; from Viren R. Shah on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 08:13:59AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 08:13:59AM -0500, Viren R. Shah wrote: > > Is it possible to use a 2.2.5 kernel with a 2.2.6 system? > > I'm using an alternate boot floppy (made by Mark Dawson that includes > a driver for the Compaq RAID controller), and am thinking of > downloading 2.2.6 to install. My plan is to : > 1. Install 2.2.6 using the 2.2.5 boot floppy > 2. Try and merge the Compaq RAID driver into the 2.2.6 kernel sources > 3. then compile a 2.2.6 kernel and boot from it. > > Is this feasible, or should I just stick to 2.2.5? The only problem I know of with this is that 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 has incompatible IPFWs. If you avoid IPFW, you should probably be fine. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message