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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is there a easy way to use a 3.0.x kernel on a 2.2.2R system?
Date: 15 Jul 1997 21:12:18 GMT
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Ivar Hosteng <ivar@romulus.hosteng.org> wrote:

> I have a 2 CPU PPRO system that I would like to run FreeBSD on. Is
> there a way to use the 3.0.x kernels on a 2.2.2R system, and if so,
> how do I accomplish this?

Too many kernel structure have changed.  You can certainly run it, but
things relying on internal kernel knowledge like ps(1) or netstat(1)
won't work, making the entire adventure basically useless.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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