From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 15 17:51:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16029 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:51:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-31.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA15984 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:51:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk) Received: from (n-cantrell.demon.co.uk) [193.237.193.139] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0yPcVq-0004SI-00; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 01:26:47 +0100 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:16:41 +0100 To: Doug White Cc: FreeBSD Questions From: robert w hall Subject: Re: freebsd 2.2.5 kernel on cyrix 686 M2-MMX cpu In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Trial Version 3.04 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug Final mutterings - I promise (fingers crossed) 1) have also now tried 2.1.7.1 kernel 'boot.flp' (couldn't find 2.2.2 on uk mirror) and that also boots up off floppy OK on both my machines. 2) One of the reasons I've run out of disk space is that files in /stand have bogusly large sizes - all 1.167360 Meg. - this is for 2.2.6, but 2.2.5 did something similar I recollect. Whats going on here??? Can I kill them or does one keep setup info? Bob Hall In message , Doug White writes >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, robert w hall wrote: > >> The point is that on my cyrix 686 M2-MMX the 2.2.5 kernel collapses on >> startup on a general protection fault, but the 2.2.6 one comes up OK. (I >> suppose I could now download the 2.2.2 kernel and see if that works!?) > >Interesting. > >> I now have the whole of 2.2.6 bin directory downloaded from the uk >> mirror, but a nearly full disk, and have two questions - >> >> 1) do I expect many differences between the 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 binaries (ok >> I'll do a diff, but if there are lots of differences I'd just not bother >> - but if most of the /usr files are the same, or compatible, I'll prune >> them out and let my other system still act as server -) > >Yes, you should, for the most part. The old binaries will probably work, >although you should load on the new libs and the new ps/top and friends. > >> 2) with this in mind, why is the new kernel put at the end of the >> distribution (at least it appears to be) so I have to download all 70+ >> files in bin to get to it?? > >Got me. The release system is built by an automated process, the /kernel >is probably at the tail end. I know that sysinstall does some interesting >things with it though just before finishing up. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > -- robert w hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message