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| author | netchild <netchild@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-05-25 21:03:13 +0000 |
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| committer | netchild <netchild@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-05-25 21:03:13 +0000 |
| commit | 63ea5ccdb91d805276dcc3bb75d1e25d3e948f24 (patch) | |
| tree | 1400edbea96d2772565326af760764b3d3455fba /UPDATING | |
| parent | 8512119a50217a179f2ba29f583098be768a752b (diff) | |
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Add a note how to use nextboot(8) to test a kernel only once.
Approved by: mentor (joerg)
Discussed with: imp
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ COMMON ITEMS: make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE + To test a kernel once + --------------------- + If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure + if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide + debugging information) run + make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel + nextboot -k testkernel + To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up -------------------------------------------------------------- This assumes you are already running a 5.X system. Replace |
