Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:56:32 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple kernels on one machine? Message-ID: <20031006175632.GA2777@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3F815BED.1090000@jenisch.at> References: <3F815BED.1090000@jenisch.at>
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--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 02:11:25PM +0200, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > In order to keep a working kernel: Is it possible to *keep* an old=20 > kernel by copying, say /boot/kernel.old to e.g. /boot/mykernel and then= =20 > via the boot-menu starting this kernel by >=20 > unload > boot mykernel >=20 > ?? Yep! Not only is it possible, but it's a very good idea to keep a known-good kernel around in a special place (e.g. /kernel.good) in case something goes wrong with an upgrade and both of kernel and kernel.old are unusable. Kris --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/gazQWry0BWjoQKURAmgXAKCNAK0jQuRXkhS3KrJ7eH5/9MqmowCgqB6Z UW8NtqlAYNRirNSbaQ/pMuo= =5sBG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv--
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