Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:50:23 +0100 From: Andy Hilker <ah@crypta.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@alumni.sfu.ca> Subject: Re: freebsd-update ignores /boot/kernel/kernel sometimes!? Message-ID: <20070301105023.GA62748@mail.crypta.net> In-Reply-To: <20070228221612.GA14358@mail.crypta.net> References: <20070228221612.GA14358@mail.crypta.net>
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You (Andy Hilker) wrote: > Hi, > > i have a strange thing here, maybe someone can give me a hint. > > Somehow freebsd-update find /boot/kernel/kernel on some servers and > patches it and on others not. Both kernels are installed from CD > (GENERIC). > > On those servers where it does not display /boot/kernel/kernel, > i can fix this by creating a symlink: ln -s /boot/kernel /boot/GENERIC > Then it will display and patch /boot/GENERIC/kernel. Other ways > to fix it is nextboot or kernel variable in /boot/loader.conf, but > i do not want a workaround on some servers. Any idea why this can > happen? > > Maybe it is related to the way how the "broken" kernel has been installed: > > >From RELEASE CD: > cd kernels > ./install.sh GENERIC > mv /boot/GENERIC /boot/kernel Additional info: it seems that all machines where it does not work, have an SMP-GENERIC (i386) installed. bye, Andy
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