Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:08:21 +1000 From: August Simonelli <augusts@gmail.com> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uname -v shows no difference after buildkernel and installkernel etc Message-ID: <46fa40c10408241808291c7a39@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20040824230642.GR3767@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> References: <46fa40c104082403205419fd65@mail.gmail.com> <20040824143236.GM3767@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <46fa40c104082415322575cdc1@mail.gmail.com> <20040824230642.GR3767@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
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> > I apologize, when you said: > > "... did a custom kernel (placing in /root/kernels ..." > > I took it too literally, thinking that for some odd reason you had put > the actual built (binary) kernel into /root/kernels and were symlinking > from /boot/kernel to that directory, as opposed to simply putting the > kernel config file there. However, is it just a typing mistake that you > say you link to MYKERNEL, but you say the actual links points to Nah, just me being sloppy in my syntax; I got the names right (luckily) during the actual build (or did i ... interesting ...). > MYCUSTOM? Also, what does an `ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel` reveal? Does > the modification time coincide with the time you actually built your > custom kernel? 94214 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5940286 Feb 24 2004 /boot/kernel/kernel So it's the old one ... now, this is good, because on my other test system the kernel date is correct and uname -v is correct ... so, i've done something wrong and am gonna try it again ... i'm doing it at work and probably too distracted by my annoying users! :-) thanks for you help ... wish me luck on my second attempt! august
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