Date: 24 Sep 2003 10:58:14 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Sean Hafeez <sahafeez@edgefocus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quick kernel swap? Message-ID: <44isnib5dl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <CBF5AA41-ED3F-11D7-8458-003065F1EE08@edgefocus.com> References: <CBF5AA41-ED3F-11D7-8458-003065F1EE08@edgefocus.com>
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Sean Hafeez <sahafeez@edgefocus.com> writes: > All things being equal, same hardware, same version of the same build > of 4.8, etc... I have one box with a kernel w/out DUMMYNET and one > with a kernel w/DUMMYNET. If I were to copy the DUMMYNET kernel to the > non-DUMMYNET would it work? If they are otherwise identical, certainly. > The other issue I have is space. The > system is running off flash. Can I delete the running Kernel before I > copy up the new one? As far as FreeBSD is concerned, sure. It may depend on the flash interface, though; a number of the ones I've seen would make this tricky. And if something goes wrong, you are in *big* trouble.
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