From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 01:19:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E57F6913 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:19:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from st11p00mm-asmtp004.mac.com (st11p00mm-asmtpout004.mac.com [17.172.81.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8D6C30A for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (66-188-152-20.dhcp.stcd.mn.charter.com [66.188.152.20]) by st11p00mm-asmtp004.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.33.0 64bit (built Aug 27 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NFB00EFFA8WEN30@st11p00mm-asmtp004.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:19:46 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.28,0.0.0000 definitions=2014-11-20_01:2014-11-19,2014-11-19,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=15 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=2 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1408290000 definitions=main-1411200001 Message-id: <546D33A0.1050309@icloud.com> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:19:44 -0600 From: Brandon Schneider User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: Erich Dollansky Subject: Re: Handbook update section for custom kernel References: <20141119184230.GA36984@vps.markoturk.info> <20141120081504.4c04d4c0@X220.alogt.com> In-reply-to: <20141120081504.4c04d4c0@X220.alogt.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:19:54 -0000 AFAIK the /boot/GENERIC exists so you can use freebsd-update with a custom kernel. Then freebsd-update updates that kernel so you have a bootable system that you can rebuild your custom kernel with. On 11/19/2014 06:15 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:42:30 +0100 > Marko Turk wrote: > >> in handbook, section 24.2.3.1. Custom Kernels with FreeBSD 9.X and >> Later says: >> "Before using freebsd-update, ensure that a copy of the GENERIC kernel >> exists in /boot/GENERIC. If a custom kernel has only been built once, >> the kernel in /boot/kernel.old is the GENERIC kernel. Simply rename >> this directory to /boot/kernel." >> >> Should the last sentence be >> "Simply rename this directory to /boot/GENERIC." >> >> or am I missing something? >> > shouldn't it be /boot/kernel in all cases? I have never seen > a /boot/GENERIC on my machines. Not even after a fresh install. > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"