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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
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References: <LEWIKK.94Jul9205222@grasshopper.aud.alcatel.com> <knight.4.00099DA4@caboom.zko.dec.com> <CsuMs5.qt3@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>
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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
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