Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:57:40 -0700 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/84154: Handbook somewhat off in use of /boot/kernel.old Message-ID: <ncwtncyenf.tnc@mail.opusnet.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200507270600.j6R60X7S057570@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 84154
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Handbook somewhat off in use of /boot/kernel.old
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 27 06:00:32 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gary W. Swearingen
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
The handbook's concept of /boot/kernel always being moved to
/boot/kernel.old is wrong (in two places). The move is only
made if the currently running kernel came from /boot/kernel/.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
-- In section 8.3 Building and Installing a Custom Kernel,
change
The new kernel will be copied to the /boot/kernel directory as
/boot/kernel/kernel and the old kernel will be moved to
/boot/kernel.old/kernel.
to
The new kernel and modules will be copied to the /boot/kernel directory
but that directory will first be moved in place of /boot/kernel.old
if the currently running kernel came from "/boot/kernel".
-- In section 8.6, under "The kernel does not boot",
change
You cannot rely on
kernel.old because when installing a new kernel,
kernel.old is overwritten with the last installed kernel
which may be non-functional.
to
Standard kernel builds write to /boot/kernel, with
that directory first moved in place of /boot/kernel.old
if the currently running kernel came from /boot/kernel.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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