From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 16 17:31:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA00682 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:31:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-ofc03.srv.cis.pitt.edu (root@post-ofc03.srv.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.39]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA00677 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:30:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from local (root@localhost) by post-ofc03.srv.cis.pitt.edu (8.8.4/cispo-2.0.1.7) ID ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:30:44 -0500 (EST) Received: via switchmail; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:30:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:28:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from ehdup-p-7.rmt.net.pitt.edu (ehdup-p-7.rmt.net.pitt.edu [136.142.22.77]) by pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.8.4/cispop-1.6.1.4) ID ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:28:54 -0500 (EST) Received: by ehdup-p-7.rmt.net.pitt.edu with Microsoft Mail id <01BC03EB.B3EEC9A0@ehdup-p-7.rmt.net.pitt.edu>; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:27:33 -0500 Message-ID: <01BC03EB.B3EEC9A0@ehdup-p-7.rmt.net.pitt.edu> From: John Duncan To: Free BSD Questions list , "'Stan Brown'" Subject: RE: Can I / Should I upgrade just the kernel from 2.1.5 to 2.2 ? Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:25:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ---------- From: Stan Brown[SMTP:stanb@netcom.com] Sent: Thursday, January 16, 1997 12:57 PM To: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Can I / Should I upgrade just the kernel from 2.1.5 to 2.2 ? I need to upgrade the kernel on my *bery* happy 2.1.5 machine. I am forced to do thi since the sound card support i need (Gravis Ultrasound) is only available for 2.2. So now the question, I started down the road of upgrading. I booted the floppy, and eventually I was presented with a bewildering set of choices on what packages I wanted to upgrade. I have a slow net connection *28.8( and I would like to wait for the CD to come out to do as much as possible. So just what do I need to upgrade to work corectly? Your wise advice on thiswill be appreciated. Er, yes, but: You need to compile the kernel with some COMPAT options so that the kernel retains binary compatibility with the older programs. There may be some flakiness as well, so I would tell you to get the CD as soon as it comes out and replace the binaries quickly. -John