From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 23 14:22:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA15330 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wizard.pn.com (root@wizard.pn.com [204.96.36.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA15320 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:22:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from auntiem.wv.com (auntiem.wv.com [205.136.66.19]) by wizard.pn.com (8.8.5/8.8.0) with ESMTP id RAA11077; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:22:42 -0400 Received: (bb@localhost) by auntiem.wv.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA00831; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:35:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:35:03 -0400 Message-Id: <199707232135.RAA00831@auntiem.wv.com> From: Brian Bartholomew To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Does freebsd tolerate kernel upgrades well? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [ I am not on this mailing list. Please respond to me and I'll summarize. ] I have a machine running 2.1.5-RELEASE. I want to run the latest stable kernel to get the linux emulator to run the Legato Networker backup program, and use the Intel 100 Mbit ethernet card driver (fxp). Does freebsd tolerate a kernel upgrade well like linux does, or must I reinstall the whole box from a consistant release? Another member of the League for Programming Freedom (LPF) www.lpf.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew - bb@wv.com - www.wv.com - Working Version, Cambridge, MA