* Greg Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-26 22:36]:
> Having just done it with "make install" for the first time, I'd always
> copied and moved it manually, it looks like it saves the previous
> kernel as /obsd.

it actually replaces the kernel atomically by doing

mv /path/to/new/bsd /nbsd && rm /obsd && ln bsd obsd && mv nbsd bsd

so even when the power goes out somewhere in between, you always have a 
valid /bsd.

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