Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:31:45 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Uwe Doering <gemini@geminix.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel Questions Message-ID: <20040311183145.GG1378@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <405046A0.9080702@geminix.org> References: <20040311090126.GA19147@alzatex.com> <405046A0.9080702@geminix.org>
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--KIzF6Cje4W/osXrF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:59:44AM +0100, Uwe Doering wrote: > Loren M. Lang wrote: [...] > >3. The handbook seems to suggest to use the config, make, make install > >procedure for installing the kernel if you have no other reason for not > >using it, what is the reason for this? (The paragraph immediately > >following procedure 2) >=20 > This sequence takes care that all the modules get installed together=20 > with the matching kernel, that a backup of both the kernel and the=20 > modules is available (suffix '.old') in case the new kernel doesn't work= =20 > properly, and it also deals with the system immutable flag ('schg') that= =20 > protects '/kernel' from being deleted or clobbered by accident. You=20 > would have to do all these things by hand if you didn't use the=20 > recommended sequence. I mean why use that procedure over a make buildkernel installkernel, I thought they both did all that. >=20 > Uwe > --=20 > Uwe Doering | EscapeBox - Managed On-Demand UNIX Servers > gemini@geminix.org | http://www.escapebox.net > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 >=20 > !DSPAM:40504843233956013019169! >=20 --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C =20 --KIzF6Cje4W/osXrF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAULCR+vN6RuSjKAwRAmZFAJwN79zX2pJJ7qHFURMvpIbn+EI5DQCghabj C/j66MKfzWT+a5Uxz55mnSc= =UBcb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KIzF6Cje4W/osXrF--
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