Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:19:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Mark L. Holloway" <mholloway@flashmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Preserve kernal settings? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091518000.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <375cd345.197.0@flashmail.com>
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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Mark L. Holloway wrote: > I just did a binary upgrade (/stand/sysinstall -> upgrade) from 3.2 to 3.2. Where did you read to do this? This is *WRONG*. I want to go kill it. Now. You *MUST* use the boot floppies! > Everything went fine but when it was all finished I had to go to my root directory, > "cp kernal.GENERIC kernal" so the system could reboot successfully, but now > it looks like I need to re-do my kernal options again. For example, if I have > IPFILTER, bpf, or any options enable do I need to redo them again after an upgrade? > There must be a better method! You have to build a new kernel either way. Save your kernel config then rm -rf /usr/src/sys, then install the kernel source in the installer. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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