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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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)
>
> This sequence takes care that all the modules get installed together
> with the matching kernel, that a backup of both the kernel and the
> modules is available (suffix '.old') in case the new kernel doesn't work
> properly, and it also deals with the system immutable flag ('schg') that
> protects '/kernel' from being deleted or clobbered by accident. You
> would have to do all these things by hand if you didn't use the
> recommended sequence.
I mean why use that procedure over a make buildkernel installkernel, I
thought they both did all that.
>
> Uwe
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