Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:02:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: robert w hall <bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: freebsd 2.2.5 kernel on cyrix 686 M2-MMX cpu Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980413160101.5663b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <u3EcaCA6klM1Ewa7@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, robert w hall wrote: > The point is that on my cyrix 686 M2-MMX the 2.2.5 kernel collapses on > startup on a general protection fault, but the 2.2.6 one comes up OK. (I > suppose I could now download the 2.2.2 kernel and see if that works!?) Interesting. > I now have the whole of 2.2.6 bin directory downloaded from the uk > mirror, but a nearly full disk, and have two questions - > > 1) do I expect many differences between the 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 binaries (ok > I'll do a diff, but if there are lots of differences I'd just not bother > - but if most of the /usr files are the same, or compatible, I'll prune > them out and let my other system still act as server -) Yes, you should, for the most part. The old binaries will probably work, although you should load on the new libs and the new ps/top and friends. > 2) with this in mind, why is the new kernel put at the end of the > distribution (at least it appears to be) so I have to download all 70+ > files in bin to get to it?? Got me. The release system is built by an automated process, the /kernel is probably at the tail end. I know that sysinstall does some interesting things with it though just before finishing up. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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