Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:59:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> To: "mail.list freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: freebsd-update questions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905191136340.93194@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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Ch 24 updating and upgrading freebsd in the handbook says: The freebsd-update utility can automatically update a GENERIC kernel only. If a custom kernel is in use, it will have to be rebuilt and reinstalled. However, freebsd-update will detect and update the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC (if it exists) It is a good idea to always keep a copy of the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. How is this to be understood? 1. e.g. you have a generic kernel in /boot/kernel and you make a safety copy in /boot/GENERIC # cd /boot/kernel; tar cf - . | (cd /boot/GENERIC; tar xpf -) when running freebsd-update install, will this update BOTH /boot/kernel and /boot/GENERIC or only /boot/kernel ? 2. if you have a modified kernel in /boot/kernel (e.g. for disk quota enabling) and you run freebsd-update install, then it will not make any changes in /boot/kernel. Right ? How does freebsd-update actually detect that there is not a generic kernel in /boot/kernel? If after freebsd-update install, you would do a shutdown -r now (before building a new custom kernel, will this be desastreous?
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