Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:55:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Wolfgang Zenker <wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org> Cc: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup stable-supfile does not update GENERIC (and others) kernel? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10206221652080.92258-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <m17Lkep-003pR7C@lyxys.ka.sub.org>
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On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: > > I also see in A Anderson's book FreeBSD - An Open Source Operating > > System for you Personal Computer, pg 341 step 5: > > > "Type cd /sys/i386/conf and cp GENERIC MYKERN. Edit this new copy of > > GENERIC called MYKERN, making the same kind of changes described in the > > previous chapter... <snip> > > > so it's best to start with a copy of the new GENERIC as a base rather > > than your old config file." > > > She mentions / suggests here that there should be a new copy of GENERIC > > listed in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf for me to use for producing the new > > kernel in step 7:- > > As I read the text you quoted, she suggests to copy the file GENERIC to > MYKERN. This makes MYKERN a new copy of GENERIC. > > > make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > make installkernel KERNCONF-MYKERN > > There seem to be a few minor errors here: "make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERN" > would actually build AND install a new kernel using the config file > named MYKERN. If you want to do it in two seperate steps, it would be > make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN > (Note there is a "=" instead of "-" in the installkernel line and I > used MYKERN everywhere instead MYKERN in one line and MYKERNEL in the other). Just in self-defense, the errors are not in the book but just in the retyped quote from the book. I appreciate knowing about any typos etc. because they are very difficult for the writer to catch, but the text in the book is as Wolfgang (correctly) states it. > Wolfgang Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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