Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:32:36 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: August Simonelli <augusts@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uname -v shows no difference after buildkernel and installkernel etc Message-ID: <20040824143236.GM3767@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <46fa40c104082403205419fd65@mail.gmail.com> References: <46fa40c104082403205419fd65@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:20:51PM +1000, August Simonelli wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently did the following: > > installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 from the iso > cvsup'd the source (using tag=RELENG_5_2) > followed section 19 of the handbook > followed section 8 for the kernel rebuild and did a custom kernel > (placing in /root/kernels and linking it, as per section 8.3) > everything went well > did a mergmaster and didn't accept any changes (it was a fresh system) > rebooted and logged in > did uname -v and got the same output as before all the above (Feb > build date (5.2.1, right?), reference to GENERIC kernel not my custom > kernel - my search of the list archives tells me it should show the > local machine and a recent date in this output) > > Do I need to update somewhere to tell the system to boot the new > kernel? If so, I totally missed that in the handbook (whoops). > > This also leads me to ask how one best confirms the system has "changed?" > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > August What does your symlink look like? So you put the newly built kernel in /root/kernels, then did something like?: # ln -s /root/kernels/mykernel /boot/kernel/kernel Nathan -- PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBK1GEO0ZIEthSfkkRAsNiAKC2SMWcsev9yPWhFgXCvmv8umDNngCgo7SM f4roNghg0Sz1LFRM0c9Idrg= =+Woa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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