Re: Kernel version

From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu (itetcu_at_apropo.ro)
Date: 02/27/04

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    Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:10:15 +0200
    To: "Pratt, Benjamin E." <bepratt@stcloudstate.edu>
    
    

    On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:58:39 -0600
    "Pratt, Benjamin E." <bepratt@stcloudstate.edu> wrote:

    > I might be wrong, I am fairly new to FreeBSD so it wouldn't surprise me,
    > but the release version is the kernel version. Unlike Linux, you cannot
    > upgrade just the kernel, you upgrade the entire OS.

    You are wrong.

    Of course, some time upgrading only world or kernel means trouble.

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