installing a kernel under a custom location, not /boot/kernel?

[Polytropon]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:21:21 -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bris.ac.uk>wrote:
> 
> > I think there is an option for this.
> > But I cannot find it under
> > 9.5. Building and Installing a Custom Kernel
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html
> >
> > I need to keep several kernels installed, not
> > just the current and the previous. How to achive this?
> >
> 
> KODIR=/boot/testkernel

This parameter can be used to the "make installkernel" command,
for example in a workflow like this:

	# make buildkernel KERNCONF=TESTKERNEL
	# make installkernel KERNCONF=TESTKERNEL KODIR=/boot/testkernel

Plus the corresponding settings in /boot/loader.conf:

	kernel="testkernel"
	bootfile="/boot/testkernel/kernel"
	kernel_options="foo bar blah"

See /boot/defaults/loader.conf for details.

For booting test kernels, you might also find the nextboot command
very helpful; read "man nextboot" for more inspiration.



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