From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 21:54:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAAF3E16 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from st11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com (st11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com [17.172.81.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD9C1272 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (66-188-152-20.dhcp.stcd.mn.charter.com [66.188.152.20]) by st11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.33.0 64bit (built Aug 27 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NFC00DU8Y7CZS70@st11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:54:50 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.28,0.0.0000 definitions=2014-11-20_08:2014-11-20,2014-11-20,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1408290000 definitions=main-1411200172 Message-id: <546E6327.7090501@icloud.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:54:47 -0600 From: Brandon Schneider User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: Marko Turk Subject: Re: Handbook update section for custom kernel References: <20141119184230.GA36984@vps.markoturk.info> <20141120081504.4c04d4c0@X220.alogt.com> <546D33A0.1050309@icloud.com> <20141120214418.GA40347@vps.markoturk.info> In-reply-to: <20141120214418.GA40347@vps.markoturk.info> Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: Erich Dollansky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:54:51 -0000 That was my understanding based on the handbook here : https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html . Also it is under the security patches section, so I don't believe it applies to upgrading to a new release. I haven't personally tried this method myself though. On 11/20/2014 03:44 PM, Marko Turk wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 06:19:44PM -0600, Brandon Schneider wrote: >> AFAIK the /boot/GENERIC exists so you can use freebsd-update with a >> custom kernel. Then freebsd-update updates that kernel so you have a >> bootable system that you can rebuild your custom kernel with. > I installed 10.0-p12 in a VM, copied /boot/kernel to /boot/GENERIC and built > a custom kernel. > > I did a freebsd-upgrade -r 10.1-RELEASE upgrade and it did not update > /boot/GENERIC, instead it overwrited my custom kernel in /boot/kernel. > > Also, in freebsd-update output, I did not see any warning about using > custom kernel. > > Should I update freebsd-update.conf or use different freebsd-update > command? > > Maybe it was my fault, I will try again tomorrow. > > BR, > Marko