Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 23:50:49 -0700 From: Geoff Sweet <lists@whootis.com> To: James Pole <james@pole.net.nz> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel help Message-ID: <1097131849.14424.21.camel@whapper.home.whootis.com> In-Reply-To: <5808C278-182B-11D9-BABE-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz> References: <1097124983.4164cc7713dd5@www.whootis.net> <5808C278-182B-11D9-BABE-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz>
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Hey thanks James... it appears that that is what I am missing. I am fairly new to this kind of thing, so I guess I missed the buildworld and installworld part. That would also explain why the system tends to hang when I run older userland apps. So off I go a reading... -Geoff On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 23:37, James Pole wrote: > Heya, > > To remove the old kernel just delete /kernel and rename /kernel.old to > /kernel. > > But note that you need to build the whole world (cd /usr/src/ && make > buildworld && make installworld) before the kernel will be in sync with > the rest of the system. If the kernel version is not in sync with the > version of the 'world' (ie the user-land applications such as SSH, etc) > then problems can occur. > > The FreeBSD manual has more information on the correct prodecure for > upgrading a FreeBSD box. > > Regards, > James > > On 7/10/2004, at 5:56 PM, lists@whootis.com wrote: > > > So tonight I walked through compiling my kernel from 4.9-STABLE to > > 4.10-STABLE. > > Compiling it went really well and all looked good until I reboot. > > When I > > rebooted All seemed to go ok for a bit... but then commands started to > > hang and > > disconnecting from SSH would leave my SSH session hung. I reboot back > > into my > > kernel.old and most everything is relatively happy again. > > > > But now my question. How do I make this the default kernel again? I > > obviously > > don't want to use the new kernel because it has problems. Can someone > > help me > > with this? > > > > For reference sake I only used the GENERIC config and the only like I > > added to > > it was the options line to add user quotas. > > > > THanks > > Geoff Sweet > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- My public key is available at: http://www.whootis.com/sigs/gsweet.gpg Support your right to privacy! Encrypt and sign your email.
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