Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:11:28 +0200 (EET) From: Ana Romero <anar@ees2.oulu.fi> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: building a kernel with sources Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0101191607580.27867-100000@stekt56> In-Reply-To: <20010119032658.A2982@citusc17.usc.edu>
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How can I solve it? The only way that now crosses my mind is install both versions as different operating systems. _________________________________ Ana Romero Centre for Wireless Communications PL 4500, Tutkijantie 2 E, FIN-90014 University of Oulu Oulu, Finland On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 12:02:41PM +0200, Ana Romero wrote: >> Hi!! >> >> I have FreeBSD 4.0 installed in my PC and I need to install the kernel >> sources from an older version and have both kernels. How can I do it? >> >> Do I have to copy kernel sources of the older version and rebuild it? Do I >> need anything else? > >The FreeBSD kernel and userland are a combined whole. You can't safely >mix and match kernels and userlands from different versions of >FreeBSD. > >Kris > >-- >NOTE: To fetch an updated copy of my GPG key which has not expired, >finger kris@FreeBSD.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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