Re: Backup kernel - confirmation

2005-07-28 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Bryan Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, you can do that. Also of note is that when FreeBSD compiles a > kernel it takes the old kernel and renames it kernel.old. When FreeBSD > is booting you can select which kernel to use simpy by entering > "boot /boot/kernel.old/kernel" or "boot /bo

Re: Backup kernel - confirmation

2005-07-28 Thread Bryan Maynard
On Thursday 28 July 2005 02:10 pm, Norberto Meijome wrote: > quick question - I have a remote box with SMP/HTT disabled, but I'd > like to see how it works with it. If I make a copy of my current > kernel to /kernel_orig, I should be able to install the SMP one as > /kernel, and if hell breaks lose

Backup kernel - confirmation

2005-07-28 Thread Norberto Meijome
quick question - I have a remote box with SMP/HTT disabled, but I'd like to see how it works with it. If I make a copy of my current kernel to /kernel_orig, I should be able to install the SMP one as /kernel, and if hell breaks lose, I should be able to point it to /kernel_orig ... right? any