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Date:      	Mon, 19 Jun 1995 09:44:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
Cc:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bringing up freebsd 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950619094144.15745Q-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <9506191453.AA24009@gnu.mc.xerox.com>

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On Mon, 19 Jun 1995, Marty Leisner wrote:

>  So should I be able to install the 2.05R
> kernel in /, call is kernel-2.05
> and then do
> 
> boot wd(0,a)/kernel-2.05...
> 
> If the system utilities (I assume things like ps? pstat?)
> are broken, it should be relatively easy to replace them
> with utilities from another directory...
> 
> Is there a good list of what "doesn't" work...?

  No there isn't.

  I wouldn't attempt this myself because:

  - 2.0.5R has a lot bugfixes and new features outside the kernel
  - bad reactions between 2.0R stuff and 2.0.5R will be difficult to 
track down.

  But that's just my opinion.

Tom



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