Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 12:17:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Subject: Re: bringing up freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950618121537.4912B-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199506181004.TAA17891@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 18 Jun 1995, Michael Smith wrote:
> > 2.0R binaries will not work with 2.0.5R kernel.
>
> This is misleading. In the context of the original question ("can I
> run a 2.0.5 kernel on top of a 2.0R system"), it's correct, as much
> changed between 2.0 and 2.0.5, but one certainly _can_ run 2.0 binaries
> under 2.0.5 (hence the compat20 package).
As long as you don't mind a system utils dumping core. As an example,
swapinfo from a 4-12 snapshot will core dump on a 2.0.5R system.
Tom
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.950618121537.4912B-100000>