From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 20: 9:30 2002 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 C56BD37B401 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:09:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pan.ch.intel.com (chfdns01.ch.intel.com [143.182.246.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A79243E65 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:09:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pavan.balaji@intel.com) Received: from azsmsxvs043.ch.intel.com (azsmsxvs043.ch.intel.com [10.2.248.13]) by pan.ch.intel.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/d: solo.mc,v 1.42 2002/05/23 22:21:11 root Exp $) with SMTP id g6H39PQ27594 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 03:09:25 GMT Received: from fmsmsx28.fm.intel.com ([132.233.42.28]) by azsmsxvs043.ch.intel.com (NAVGW 2.5.2.11) with SMTP id M2002071620092409436 ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:09:25 -0700 Received: by fmsmsx28.fm.intel.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:09:25 -0700 Message-ID: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5BC3@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com> From: "Balaji, Pavan" To: "'John Mills'" , FreeBSD-questions Subject: RE: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:09:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "make buildworld" -- builds the kernel and the libraries (both kernel and user level) "make buildkernel" -- builds only the kernel You can build kernels with different configuration files using "make buildkernel KERNCONF=". Once you do the 'build', the kernel image is stored as /kernel More information in the FreeBSD Handbook. http://www.freebsd.org Pavan Balaji, Intel Corporation "Only the Paranoid Survive" -- Andy Grove > -----Original Message----- > From: John Mills [mailto:jmmills@telocity.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:04 PM > To: FreeBSD-questions > Subject: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds > > > Hello - > > I would appreciate a bit more information on the 'world' and 'kernel' > building process. Please point me at the right section of the > Handbook or > Greg's book if there is a succinct description. > > I have been doing 'CVSUP' followed by: > > # make buildworld > # make installworld > # make buildkernel > # make installkernel > > without really knowing if this was a useful order or exactly > what I was > accomplishing with each target. My question is: > > 1) Can I 'make buildworld' to create my tools and supporting > files, then > 2) Use the newly made "world" to 'make buildkernel', and then > 3) 'make installworld; make installkernel' to install these > new filesets > for general use? > > I would like to know if this is an acceptable and > conservative way to do a > rebuild, and to better understand what I get at each step. > > TIA for any guidance. > > - John Mills > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message