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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!news.kei.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Upgrading just binaries to 1.1.5.1? Date: 13 Jul 1994 03:52:50 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2vvoei$of5@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <LEWIKK.94Jul9205222@grasshopper.aud.alcatel.com> <knight.4.00099DA4@caboom.zko.dec.com> <CsuMs5.qt3@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <CsuMs5.qt3@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, Ben Jackson <bj@staff.cc.purdue.edu> wrote: >If you're asking about running 1.1.5 binaries without the 1.1.5 kernel, >it is possible because I'm doing it (after unpacking the 1.1.5 >distribution, I found that the kernel panics my machine regularly). Have you built yourself a custom kernel? While the above may work, it's not guaranteed to work and many of the coolest features in 1.1.5 are kernel features, so I would encourage everyone to at least do their darndest to get a 1.1.5 kernel working. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.