Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:30:47 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@sinbad.net> To: Rob Gridley <rob@mhzdesign.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel and userland versions Message-ID: <20020513143047.BA12F3409@nova.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <B905384F.A49%rob@mhzdesign.com> References: <B905384F.A49%rob@mhzdesign.com>
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On Monday 13 May 2002 05:30 am, you wrote: > Sorry if this sounds like a newbie question. I haven't been able to find an > answer anywhere else. > > I know running say a 4.x kernel with a 3.x system is a bad idea, but what > about a 4.5-RELEASE-p4 kernel with a 4.5-RELEASE system? Is this a problem? > > I have to recompile the kernel for other reasons and I saw that p4 has some > security updates, but I'd rather not 'make world'. Just extra work for me! > > Thanks! > > > Rob Gridley | 416.626.1777 > System Administrator | rob@mhzdesign.com > MHz Design Communications | http://www.mhzdesign.com It's never a good idea to run a kernel that's out of sync with the userland. The only time you should boot from a different kernel is in an emergency. The kernel / userland really a matched unit and getting them out of sync will definately cause you extra work down the road. Also don't forget to do a mergemaster after you update. Beech -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - SysAdmin - akbeech@sinbad.net /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Sinbad Network Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 3101 Penland Parkway #K-38 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99508-1957 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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