freebsd-update questions
Ch 24 updating and upgrading freebsd in the handbook says: The freebsd-update utility can automatically update a GENERIC kernel only. If a custom kernel is in use, it will have to be rebuilt and reinstalled. However, freebsd-update will detect and update the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC (if it exists) It is a good idea to always keep a copy of the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. How is this to be understood? 1. e.g. you have a generic kernel in /boot/kernel and you make a safety copy in /boot/GENERIC # cd /boot/kernel; tar cf - . | (cd /boot/GENERIC; tar xpf -) when running freebsd-update install, will this update BOTH /boot/kernel and /boot/GENERIC or only /boot/kernel ? 2. if you have a modified kernel in /boot/kernel (e.g. for disk quota enabling) and you run freebsd-update install, then it will not make any changes in /boot/kernel. Right ? How does freebsd-update actually detect that there is not a generic kernel in /boot/kernel? If after freebsd-update install, you would do a shutdown -r now (before building a new custom kernel, will this be desastreous? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Freebsd-update questions
1. The network on which my servers reside does not have direct internet connectivity. Is it possible to use freebsd-update through a http proxy on a Linux box that does have the connectivity? 2. My servers have their kernels compiled with the SMP Kernel and Polling support only. Can I use freebsd-update with these systems or are they too far removed from GENERIC kernel. Will using freebsd-update in such a case trash system, leave it unaffected or update it, but to a GENERIC version of the errata branch selected? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Freebsd-update-questions-tp15550810p15550810.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freebsd-update questions
1. The network on which my servers reside does not have direct internet connectivity. Is it possible to use freebsd-update through a http proxy on a Linux box that does have the connectivity? 2. My servers have their kernels compiled with the SMP Kernel and Polling support only. Can I use freebsd-update with these systems or are they too far removed from GENERIC kernel. Will using freebsd-update in such a case trash system, leave it unaffected or update it, but to a GENERIC version of the errata branch selected? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Freebsd-update-questions-tp15550808p15550808.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
