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Subject: Custom kernel overwritten by bindist
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>Number:         15
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       /kernel overwritten by one in bindist
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    core (FreeBSD core team)
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 13 12:50:04 1994
>Closed-Date:    Wed Nov 23 12:18:17 PST 1994
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gil Kloepfer
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.0.3-Alpha3 i386
>Organization:
Southwest Systems Development Labs
>Environment:

	FreeBSD 2.0-ALPHA boot disk with install kernel replaced with
	custom kernel

>Description:

	If a custom kernel (one compiled with my hardware's configuration
	specified) is placed on the boot disk before installation, the
	bindist will overwrite the /kernel that is copied to the hard
	disk during the earlier copy of /kernel from the boot disk.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Install FreeBSD 2.0-ALPHA from bindist with a custom kernel

>Fix:
	
	Don't put /kernel in the bindist.

	A documented workaround for users would be to replace /kernel
	by copying it from the boot floppy after the bindist has been
	extracted.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: wollman 
State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 23 12:18:17 PST 1994 
State-Changed-Why:  
Behavior is not a bug. 
>Unformatted:



