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Date:      Tue, 27 Jun 1995 05:34:33 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: weird filesystem state (cannot remove files)
Message-ID:  <199506261934.FAA11536@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>there's absolutely no need to save a kernel that just proved to be
>broken (and thereby destroying the valuable /kernel.old!), so i'm
>normally clobbering such kernels, even if it's the currently running
>one.

>Anyway i realize, the ``make install'' approach including the immutable
>flag is a Good Thing (tm) for the casual user.

I think destroying /kernel.old is wrong for the casual user too.  At
least 3 kernels are required for the `make install' approach to be
reasonable: /kernel, /kernel.old and /kernel.stable.

Bruce



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