In message <7A447C57-73D5-11D8-8004-000393CD2240@mac.com>, Ian Thomas writes:
>	I have on my system, sources for -stable and -current.  I would like 
>to try and run a -current kernel on an -stable userland to find out if 
>my Intel 82845G/GL chip will work.  I only plan on doing this 
>temporarily and possibly upgrading my system to -current if the chip 
>runs well.  Comments, suggestions, or horror stories attempting to do 
>just this are welcome ;^)
>	
There are some commands that are unlikely to work -- in particular, 
anything that tries to look at kernel data structures.  ps is certainly 
in that category.  I have no idea about X servers.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb