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| author | Andrew Engelbrecht <sudoman@ninthfloor.org> | 2011-08-04 21:56:40 -0400 |
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| committer | Andrew Engelbrecht <sudoman@ninthfloor.org> | 2011-08-04 21:56:40 -0400 |
| commit | 6ac278617dd6e5801577dc35cd9738579ecce8cb (patch) | |
| tree | 82a8bf8f4ccfde7caeca5bdcea3790807d3d3963 /microkernel | |
| parent | ef0baf74357b7db4c094c5103e3d17599f46b6d1 (diff) | |
gnumach/build: expanded backup and install
Diffstat (limited to 'microkernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn index ecaae7f8..24a73608 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn @@ -95,7 +95,14 @@ Optionally run the (tiny) test suite: $ make check -The resulting kernel binary can now be moved into place (just copy -`gnumach.gz`, typically to `/boot/gnumach.gz`), so you can boot your system -with the new kernel. It is a good idea to make a backup of the previously -installed binary, in case you need to recover. +It's a good idea to make a backup of the previously installed kernel, in case +you can't boot using the new one. That way, you can restore it after booting +from a rescue media (or mounting the disk image used by your vm). + + # cp /boot/gnumach.gz /boot/gnumach.gz.bak + +GNU Mach can now be moved into place, typically `/boot/gnumach.gz`, so that you +can boot your system with the new kernel. + + # cp gnumach.gz /boot + |