Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:13:29 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stupid installkernel question Message-ID: <20000718211328.E239@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000718202933.A47182@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:29:33PM %2B0100 References: <20000718202933.A47182@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:29:33PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote:
>
> i have been reading the makefiles and boot files to try to figure this one
> out. i ran 'make installkernel KERNEL=MERCURY''and everything works fine.
> But i have 2 kernels in /
> One is kernel, one is MERCURY. The modification date on 'kernel' is close
> to the one for MERCURY. WHich one does my system boot with, and which can
> be deleted?
>
> In /boot, the config files seem to show 'kernel' being booted. If so, why
> does MERCURY exist?
>
The one thing that most people seemed to miss in the long "HEADS UP!
Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make" thread was David
Bushong's post about using ``makeoptions KERNEL=kernel'' in your
kernel config file.
My last make world a few days ago I did added that line to my kernel
config file (PARISH) and ran:
# make buildkernel KERNEL=PARISH
# make installkernel KERNEL=PARISH
and the new kernel was installed as ``kernel''. There wasn't a PARISH
to be seen:
# ls -l /kernel*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2130600 14 Jul 22:40 /kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 22 Jan 13:40 /kernel.config
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2101964 14 Jul 19:54 /kernel.good
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2101964 21 May 04:24 /kernel.old
#
(kernel.good was my own manual backup, just in case I misunderstood or
got it wrong).
HTH
> jm
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