Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 21:06:57 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: "brenda lambiris" <xnet@sprintmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating...... Message-ID: <199805210206.VAA01857@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "brenda lambiris" <xnet@sprintmail.com> of "Mon, 18 May 1998 20:04:57 EDT." <01bd82b9$c2436800$193085ce@default>
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"brenda lambiris" writes: > since FreeBSD isnt like linux, but it kind of is, to update the kernel, > could you just download it straight from kernel.org like you would on a > linux machine, or will you have to download a special kernel from > Freebsd.org? thanks. Did anyone mention cvsup yet? *I* think the best way update is to use cvsup. Plenty of examples in /usr/share/examples/cvsup to overload your brain. This is my cvsupfile with all the comments trimmed out and some other things added: *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs *default tag=RELENG_2_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all src-crypto src-secure *default tag=. ports-all doc-all I name it /root/cvsupfile, and run it "cvsup /root/cvsfile". Sometimes updating the kernel only isn't enough. If you use lkm's (such as the console screensaver, or linux emulation) then you really ought to rebuild the lkm's when a new kernel is built. If you delete everything after and including "src-all" above and replace it with "src-sys" then as I understand things you will only cvsup updates to that which is in /usr/src/sys, ie: your kernel. Sometimes I stop and remember to be amazed at how fast cvsup can update a 150M source tree over a 28.8k modem. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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