Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:07:09 -0400 From: "Matthew K. Cowger" <mcowger@bowdoin.edu> To: Mark Hughes <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> Cc: Luiz Emerson <forkbsd@yahoo.com.br>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Message-ID: <3B4BDEFD.7050101@bowdoin.edu> References: <20010711042108.87390.qmail@web14305.mail.yahoo.com> <3B4BD642.2090106@bowdoin.edu> <014f01c109c6$bf8e1960$3de91e3e@mark2>
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Mark, et. al, You know, I just realized I sent the wrong link. But I think he is asking essentially that..how can the core OS be upgraded, and as you mentioned, CVSupiing,. buildworld, ertc, is the way to do it. My apologies for the screwy link and if I misunderstood. I agree with mark, however, in that one of the most beutiful parts of BSD (second only to the ports system), is the relative stability of the kernel and base system. Good luck. > > I think he's asking if there is a kernel upgrade available, and the answer > really is always no, because unlike linux you cannot upgrade the kernel in > FreeBSD without upgrading the rest of the OS aswell, due to them being > intrinsically linked in FreeBSD. > > What you have linked to there is how to make a custom kernel, not upgrade > it, you'll simply be recompiling your existing kernel with different > options/drivers using that. > > You can upgrade the entire OS to the current level using CVS, including the > kernel. See the handbook for CVS info. > > Indeed, one of the benefits of FreeBSD is that you do not need to > continually upgrade the kernel... > > ...unless I've got it all wrong :+) > > Regards, > Mark > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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