Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:54:47 -0600 From: Brandon Schneider <brandon.schneider@icloud.com> To: Marko Turk <marko@markoturk.info> Cc: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook update section for custom kernel Message-ID: <546E6327.7090501@icloud.com> In-Reply-To: <20141120214418.GA40347@vps.markoturk.info> References: <20141119184230.GA36984@vps.markoturk.info> <20141120081504.4c04d4c0@X220.alogt.com> <546D33A0.1050309@icloud.com> <20141120214418.GA40347@vps.markoturk.info>
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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
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