From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 15 0:56: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay1.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (www.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua [212.111.192.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A20A37B401 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:56:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (eth0.comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua [10.0.1.184]) by relay1.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (Postfix) with ESMTP id B95142FAA6; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:55:54 +0200 (EET) Received: from pm5149 (pm514-9.comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua [10.18.54.109]) by comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA22348; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:17:01 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua) Message-ID: <000701c09724$98fe66c0$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> From: "Andrey Simonenko" To: "Mike Meyer" Cc: , References: <14987.7929.818397.468677@guru.mired.org> Subject: Re: kernel.GENERIC Vs. kernel in / Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:54:54 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To: Andrey Simonenko ; Cc: Sent: 15 февраля 2001 г. 3:12 Subject: Re: kernel.GENERIC Vs. kernel in / > Andrey Simonenko 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