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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:23:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Philip Crewdson <philip@state51.co.uk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2 Upgrading for idiots?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970320132150.4815F-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <l03010d00af54c3b0ed62@[194.159.145.12]>

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On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Philip Crewdson wrote:

> >5)  Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy.
> 
> Is this actually necessary? I've been running the GENERIC 2.1.5 kernel very
> happily just as it installed itself. What will recompiling actually do for
> me?

I think I mentioned this before, but if you customized your kernel (like
most of us do), then you have to do this.  But if you're perfectly happy
with GENERIC, bloated as it is, then you can skip it.  I have to because
GENERIC doesn't support everything I have and it would play hell with the
printing since I have lpt0 and lpt1 swapped.

> Thanks Doug, as usual :-)

You're welcome.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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