Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:54:54 +0300 From: "Andrey Simonenko" <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <bwatts@corp.netcom.ca>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kernel.GENERIC Vs. kernel in / Message-ID: <000701c09724$98fe66c0$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> References: <14987.7929.818397.468677@guru.mired.org>
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You are absolutely right, and say the same as I said, that is someone should have: /kernel /kernel.old /kernel.GENERIC /kernel.wich-works-with-some-unstandard-hardware But I said the same in strange manner, i.e. I adviced to remove /kernel.GENERIC and /kernel.old if somebody want to have trouble with bootstraping. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Andrey Simonenko <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>; <bwatts@corp.netcom.ca> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: 15 февраля 2001 г. 3:12 Subject: Re: kernel.GENERIC Vs. kernel in / > Andrey Simonenko <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> types: > > You can delete /kernel.GENERIC, but if you install new kernel and for the > > same reson delete /kernel.old before new kernel checking and new kernel will > > not work, you will have to find somewhere floppy disk with correct kernel to > > bootstrap your system. It is better to have kernel.GENERIC and you should be > > able to bootstrap your system with it, even if you install/deinstall some > > hardware from your system,etc. > > Note that installing a kernel automatically moves /kernel to > /kernel.old. So after you build one kernel and it fails, you'll have > your old (good) kernel in /kernel.old, and a broken kernel in > /kernel. If you then "fix" the kernel and make an install, you'll wind > up with your broken kernel as /kernel.old, and your untested kernel as > /kernel. If your fix didn't take, you're going to wish you'd left > kernel.GENERIC around. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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