Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:33:06 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: quick way fall back to the original kernel Message-ID: <20060814133306.GA8795@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060814092042.GA881@arwen.nagual.nl> References: <20060813200753.85753.qmail@web52111.mail.yahoo.com> <df9ac37c0608132231v38be825eqc9c12e7d4103523b@mail.gmail.com> <20060814092042.GA881@arwen.nagual.nl>
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On 2006-08-14 11:20, dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> wrote: > On 13 Aug Atom Powers wrote: > > And, although I've never tried it, you sholud be able to `cp > > /boot/kernel.old /boot/kernel` to restore the previous kernel.> > > I did. A few times. I just renamed the directories to "kernel" and > "whatevername" ;-) Works like a charm.. Right. I usually wait a few days to make sure there are no funny problems with the CURRENT kernel I'm using, and then run: # cd /boot # rm -fr kernel.safe # cp -Rp kernel kernel.safe This way, I have /boot/kernel, /boot/kernel.old and /boot/kernel.safe. By keeping kernel.safe out of the (kernel, kernel.old) way, I'm sure that I won't accidentally lose my 'safe' kernels because I run "make installkernel" at the wrong time. HTH, Giorgos
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