From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 15:38:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF0116A4B3 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:38:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B06143F93 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:38:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ren.sasknow.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9NMbpfE095791; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:37:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:37:51 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: "Robert H. Perry" In-Reply-To: <3F985821.9060304@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20031023163513.Q55711-100000@ren.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Upgrading the kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:38:07 -0000 Robert H. Perry wrote to Ryan Thompson: > >In your scenario, yes, you'll definitely want to build a new kernel. > >In fact, I hope you elected to go with the security branch > >(RELENG_4_8), so that you get the 13 or so security related fixes > >that have been applied since 4.8 was released. > > Hadn't intended to, but now I'll have to consider it. This is my > first upgrade and I was sticking with the basics. Yep. If you're upgrading from source anyway, upgrading to RELENG_4_8 is no harder than -RELEASE. > > If not, then it defaults to GENERIC. In your case, though, again, > > you shouldn't have any problems building from your custom conf. > > Just to clarify then, is the following OK: > > # cd /usr/src > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM > # make installkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM > > CUSTOM is the name of my kernel config file. Yes. For the full how-to, follow the instructions in: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America