Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:27:22 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yerkernels Message-ID: <3969CF3A.29207364@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007092043510.33246-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <396952A9.231AC2EC@math.missouri.edu>
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > Summary of Officially Sanctioned Update Procedure: > > > > make buildworld > > make buildkernel > > make installkernel > > shutdown (drop into single-user mode) > > make installworld > > mergemaster > > reboot > > > > The problem I have with make installkernel is the following: > if my kernel is called XXX, then the name of the new kernel is > /XXX, not /kernel. > > So one would have to add the instructions: > > cd / > chflags noschg XXX > mv XXX kernel > chflags schg XXX > > This seems quite a bit of extra instructions. Is this what is intended? You can edit /boot/loader.conf and add a line like this: kernel="XXX" This way, XXX will be loaded instead of "kernel". -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org <jkh> _DES: The Book of Bruce has only one sentence in it, and it says "the actual directives of my cult are left as an exercise for the reader. Good luck." <EE> jkh: does it really include the 'good luck' part? <jkh> EE: OK, I made that part up. <jkh> EE: I figured it should sound a bit more cheery than how Bruce initially dictated it to me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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