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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:22:44 +0200
From:      German Tischler <tanis@gaspode.franken.de>
To:        Tom Beer <tom@analogon.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel Compile & i4b
Message-ID:  <20010820202244.A1988@gaspode.franken.de>
In-Reply-To: <001701c129a4$0ae2dde0$0901a8c0@system>; from tom@analogon.com on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 08:14:27PM %2B0200
References:  <001701c129a4$0ae2dde0$0901a8c0@system>

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On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 08:14:27PM +0200, Tom Beer wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm trying to get started with i4b. I've done
> all necessary steps (or, at least I hope) that I
> can compile a new kernel. To be on the
> safe side, I tryed to boot my GENERIC Kernel
> befor compiling a new one... During the boot
> (9 secondes till loading or press Enter) I typed
> boot GENERIC and load GENERIC, but
> it wasn't possible to start this. Even the other
> kernel with which I'm running the box, wont
> load with either of the commands, but after
> a reboot, my 'normal' kernel will load.
> My question is now, should I unlink my
> normal kernel and make a ln -s to the new one,
> should I only add a ln -s to the new compiled kernel
> or how to stay on the safe side?

I think you first need to unload the preloaded kernel
to load another. That would mean you would do something
like

unload
load kernel.GENERIC
boot

for loading the GENERIC kernel instead of the default.
Beware that this will also unload all modules that have
been loaded by then.

--gt

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