Roger Neth Jr wrote: ... > Did this newbie (me) do this wrong? > > cd / > cp bsd bsd.old > cp bsd.mp bsd > #reboot
PERSONALLY, I prefer to call the single processor kernel "bsd.sp", rather than "bsd.old". "bsd.old" is most commonly the "previous kernel before I tried to build my own and hosed the heck out of everything". :) But yes, other than the one small detail, this is my prefered way. Altering boot.conf is dangerous. Art's story isn't the only one I've heard along those lines from developers. If I'm working on an SMP machine, I'll do it before first boot by adjusting things in /mnt after install. I often also chroot to /mnt, and do some other "before first boot" housekeeping, such as adding "softdep" to all mount points in /etc/fstab. Nick.
