Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 17:23:39 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernal... Message-ID: <19971025172339.34932@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971024224018.6409A-100000@mybsd.net>; from Kwoody on Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 10:50:12PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971024224018.6409A-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 10:50:12PM -0700, Kwoody wrote: > > Ok, I'm ready (I think) to build a kernal. Now in case Ive screwed things > up and before I build and install a custom one... > > kernal.GENERIC is a backup kernal? and kernal is the one that gets booted? Well, you'll have more success with 'kernel.GENERIC' and 'kernel'. > So if something goes foobar, when I'm at a BOOT: prompt I can type: > > boot: wd1(0,a)/kernal.GENERIC > > and this would boot me a good kernal to recover from? You should be able to just do: Boot: kernel.GENERIC > Or should I just use chflags noschg and move my /kernal to a safe place? There's nothing to stop you from keeping additional kernel copies. Sometimes it makes a lot of sense. I'd recommend keeping /kernel.GENERIC as it is. I also usually have a /kernel.lastweek, for example, so that if my weekly build fails, I have something recent to fall back to. Greg
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