From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 23 20:27:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA04207 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:27:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.128.1.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA04196 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:27:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brs@mediaone.net) Received: from mediaone.net (schurman.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.218.178]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA02815 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:26:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3681C218.EEC336B2@mediaone.net> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:24:56 -0500 From: Benjamin Schurman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kernel install problem Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------C22F43C355EC7195C59A9DED" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --------------C22F43C355EC7195C59A9DED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have recently run into some trouble when I recompile my kernel and try to install it. I have sucessfully done this before on the same machine. (A Pentium 166MMX running FreeBSD 2.2.7) However, I can now build the kernel sucessfully but when I type make install I get the following error message: mulva# make install chflags noschg /kernel mv /kernel /kernel.old PATH=${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin; if [ `sysctl -n kern.bootfile` = /kernel ] ; then sysctl -w kern.bootfile=/kernel.old ; if [ -f /var/db/kvm_kernel.db ] ; then mv -f /var/db/kvm_kernel.db /var/db/kvm_kernel.old.db ; fi fi kern.bootfile: /kernel -> /kernel.old install -c -m 555 -o root -g wheel -fschg kernel / install: invalid option -- f Try `install --help' for more information. *** Error code 1 Stop. I have been able to do this in the past and I did not install a new version of install. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, ->Benjamin Schurman -- Benjamin Ryder Schurman brs@mediaone.net --------------C22F43C355EC7195C59A9DED Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have recently run into some trouble when I recompile my kernel and try to install it. I have sucessfully done this before on the same machine. (A Pentium 166MMX running FreeBSD 2.2.7) However, I can now build the kernel sucessfully but when I type make install I get the following error message:

mulva# make install
chflags noschg /kernel
mv /kernel /kernel.old
PATH=${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin;  if [ `sysctl -n kern.bootfile` = /kernel ] ; then  sysctl -w kern.bootfile=/kernel.old ;  if [ -f /var/db/kvm_kernel.db ] ; then  mv -f /var/db/kvm_kernel.db /var/db/kvm_kernel.old.db ;  fi  fi
kern.bootfile: /kernel -> /kernel.old
install -c -m 555 -o root -g wheel -fschg kernel /
install: invalid option -- f
Try `install --help' for more information.
*** Error code 1

Stop.

 I have been able to do this in the past and I did not install a new version of install. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
->Benjamin Schurman
  

-- 
Benjamin Ryder Schurman
brs@mediaone.net
 

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