Upgrading the kernel

[Robert H. Perry]

Ryan Thompson wrote:

>Robert H. Perry wrote to Ryan Thompson:
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>>>In your scenario, yes, you'll definitely want to build a new kernel.
>>>In fact, I hope you elected to go with the security branch
>>>(RELENG_4_8), so that you get the 13 or so security related fixes
>>>that have been applied since 4.8 was released.
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>>Hadn't intended to, but now I'll have to consider it.  This is my
>>first upgrade and I was sticking with the basics.
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>Yep. If you're upgrading from source anyway, upgrading to RELENG_4_8 is
>no harder than -RELEASE.
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>>>If not, then it defaults to GENERIC. In your case, though, again,
>>>you shouldn't have any problems building from your custom conf.
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>>Just to clarify then, is the following OK:
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>># cd /usr/src
>># make buildkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM
>># make installkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM
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>>CUSTOM is the name of my kernel config file.
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>Yes. For the full how-to, follow the instructions in:
>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
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>- Ryan
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Ryan,

Thanks for your time and assistance.

Bob