From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 10:18:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2531137B401 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:18:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7434843F3F for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:18:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2003080617182001500b53r7e>; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:18:20 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h76HIJKS019357; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:18:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h76HIIov019354; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:18:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Paredes_S=E1nchez_Mart=EDn_A.?=" References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 06 Aug 2003 13:18:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <44fzkewvqd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 36 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: "BSD." Subject: Re: Configuring a Kernel (doubts) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 17:18:22 -0000 "Paredes S=E1nchez Mart=EDn A." writes: > When installing FreeBSD, in the "Kernel Configuration Menu" I select the > full-screen visual mode because I want to disable all the SCSI > controllers (only have IDE drives) and the PC-card controller (it is not > a lap top).=20 >=20 > am I building a new kernel?, so the next reboot I have the same > configuration. No, you're not. You could do that if you wanted, so that the unused drivers would not be in the kernel at all, but it doesn't matter much. > What files are modified? Since I don't see this changes reflected in > /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC You're not modifying the kernel itself; you're configuring the one you already have. If you do this through the system install, the changes should get saved to /boot/kernel.conf. > As you can see, I want a personalized kernel, also want this PC to have > X-Windows and the ability to be upgraded. I don't think you really need a personalized kernel, although it might save a bit of wasted RAM. Running X and upgrading should be unaffected either way. > The question is: >=20 > Do I need to install kernel sources or full sources? For an upgrade, you need full sources. For a customized kernel, you need the kernel (system) sources. To disable the devices mentioned, you don't need either. And to make matters even simpler, you probably don't even need to configure your kernel -- it will probably work fine as it comes right out of the install.