From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 19:49:53 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 D6FFD16A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:49:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9070B43D60 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:49:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AZ01e-0003rV-00 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 04:49:34 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AZ01d-0003rN-00 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 04:49:33 +0100 Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AZ01d-0006CA-00 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 04:49:33 +0100 From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:49:32 -0500 Organization: WingNET Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3FE8B435.2020104@fielden.com.au> <3FE8C24A.6050001@mykitchentable.net> <20031224020409.GA56314@telus.net> <20031224021545.GA56440@telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: Re: compiling a kernel on a different machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:49:53 -0000 Sean Ellis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:04:09PM -0800, Sean Ellis wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:31:38PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> OK, hang on. Here it is in an older handbook I have. Appearing as: >> "19.4.15.5. Can I use one machine as a master to upgrade lots of machines >> (NFS)?", a question at the bottom of the handbook's makeworld.html.i > > Oops, I'm sorry. Having fired off that last post I've realized that this > is not the page that I thought I was remembering ; ) I can't think of a better way to install a kernel than to copy /boot/kernel to the new machine or set the DESTDIR environment var. If you're installing world then it's a different story, but kernels are fairly self contained. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net