Re: Repopulating the GENERIC kernel
Tim Daneliuk wrote: > Pietro Cerutti wrote: >> Tim Daneliuk wrote: >>> I have a production 6.2 STABLE machine w/something like this in >>> /etc/make.conf: >>> >>> KERNCONF=MYKERN SMP GENERIC >>> >>> When I do a 'make kernel', as I understand it, all three kernels get >>> *build* but only >>> MYKERN actually gets installed. >>> >>> So ... how do I get the latest version of GENERIC (that I just compiled per >>> the above) >>> "installed" into /boot *without* it actually being the active kernel. IOW, >>> I want >>> my kernel build to *install* MYKERN as the active kernel and refresh >>> GENERIC just in >>> case I need it to recover a failed boot... >> try with >> >> make buildkernel >> make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC INSTKERNNAME=GENERIC >> make installkernel KERNCONF=SMP INSTKERNNAME=SMP >> make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=MYKERN >> >> then set the name of the kernel that you want to boot off in >> /boot/loader.conf, as >> >> kernel=MYKERN >> >> I don't know if there's an automatized way to perform the same... > > Well ... I guess I could avoid the last step with: > > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=kernel > > ... since I believe the bootloader defaults to looking for a kernel called, > um, "kernel" :) Not only, you can avoid INSTKERNNAME=kernel if what you want is a kernel called "kernel". the kernel defaults to "kernel" as for in /boot/defaults/loader.conf > >> Hope this helps, >> > > Yes - it helps greatly. Thanks! Regards, -- Pietro Cerutti PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp signature.asc Description: PGP signature signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Repopulating the GENERIC kernel
Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> I have a production 6.2 STABLE machine w/something like this in >> /etc/make.conf: >> >> KERNCONF=MYKERN SMP GENERIC >> >> When I do a 'make kernel', as I understand it, all three kernels get *build* >> but only >> MYKERN actually gets installed. >> >> So ... how do I get the latest version of GENERIC (that I just compiled per >> the above) >> "installed" into /boot *without* it actually being the active kernel. IOW, >> I want >> my kernel build to *install* MYKERN as the active kernel and refresh GENERIC >> just in >> case I need it to recover a failed boot... > > try with > > make buildkernel > make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC INSTKERNNAME=GENERIC > make installkernel KERNCONF=SMP INSTKERNNAME=SMP > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=MYKERN > > then set the name of the kernel that you want to boot off in > /boot/loader.conf, as > > kernel=MYKERN > > I don't know if there's an automatized way to perform the same... Well ... I guess I could avoid the last step with: make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=kernel ... since I believe the bootloader defaults to looking for a kernel called, um, "kernel" :) > > Hope this helps, > Yes - it helps greatly. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Repopulating the GENERIC kernel
Tim Daneliuk wrote: > I have a production 6.2 STABLE machine w/something like this in > /etc/make.conf: > > KERNCONF=MYKERN SMP GENERIC > > When I do a 'make kernel', as I understand it, all three kernels get *build* > but only > MYKERN actually gets installed. > > So ... how do I get the latest version of GENERIC (that I just compiled per > the above) > "installed" into /boot *without* it actually being the active kernel. IOW, I > want > my kernel build to *install* MYKERN as the active kernel and refresh GENERIC > just in > case I need it to recover a failed boot... try with make buildkernel make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC INSTKERNNAME=GENERIC make installkernel KERNCONF=SMP INSTKERNNAME=SMP make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN INSTKERNNAME=MYKERN then set the name of the kernel that you want to boot off in /boot/loader.conf, as kernel=MYKERN I don't know if there's an automatized way to perform the same... Hope this helps, > TIA, -- Pietro Cerutti PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
