Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:22:46 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using 2.2.5 kernel with 2.2.6? Message-ID: <19980327142246.09824@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199803271313.IAA00448@rstcorp.com>; from Viren R. Shah on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 08:13:59AM -0500 References: <199803271313.IAA00448@rstcorp.com>
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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
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