From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 29 8:17:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rani.pworld.net.ph (host-216-226-193-162.interpacket.net [216.226.193.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E03714E75 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:17:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from noelt@rani.pworld.net.ph) Received: from localhost (noelt@localhost) by rani.pworld.net.ph (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA03237; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:19:39 +0800 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:19:38 +0800 (JST) From: To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel upgrade. In-Reply-To: <1956.938603475@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:11:15 +0200 > From: Sheldon Hearn > To: noelt@rani.pworld.net.ph > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: kernel upgrade. > > > > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:01:26 +0800, noelt@rani.pworld.net.ph wrote: > > > I wanted to upgrade my kernel, where can I get a kernel upgrade? > > I am using FreeBSD v3.1. I already search the ports at the web and > > I can't see any upgrade for kernel just like in linux. > > Linux is essentially distributed as a kernel plus lots of packages. > FreeBSD is an entire operating system. It's not a good idea to upgrade > just the kernel without upgrading the base system as well. > > > Follow up questions, does linux kernel applicable on FreeBSD? > > No, not at all. :-) > > Have a look at the FreeBSD Handbook's chapter on "The Cutting Edge: > FreeBSD-current and FreeBSD-stable". Steer clear of FreeBSD-current and > pay attention to the sections "Staying Stable with FreeBSD", > "Synchronizing Source Trees over the Internet" and "Using make world to > rebuild your system". > > When it comes time to choose a synchronization method, you'll almost > certainly want CVSup. > Thanks, I'll heed your advise. > Ciao, > Sheldon. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message