From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 9 14:20:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC36237B422 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 14:20:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f49LKZ258438; Thu, 10 May 2001 09:20:35 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:20:35 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Anand Franklin J Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel building for the changes in kernel source Message-ID: <20010510092035.D57743@itouchnz.itouch> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from anandfranklin@hotmail.com on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:47:06PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:47:06PM -0000, Anand Franklin J wrote: > Hi!!! > I have made the changes to the source of the kernel files. To build the > kernel, the guidance i get from the website is > 1: a)make buildworld > problem is, it consumes too much time. > b)make buildkernel > c)make installkernel You've missed out d) make installworld This method is the way to go if you've CVSUP'd the source files from the FreeBSD cvsup servers. > 2: a)use of config command > but document says, this method was used in older version > b)make buildkernel > c)make installkernel This should read: config KERNEL-FILE cd to-the-correct-directory make depend make make install You can use this method if you've just installed from CD, or if you've done the buildworld+kernel+installworld at least once since you've CVSUP'd the sources. The rule to remember is that if your sources are from the CVSUP servers you *must* do it via method 1 the first time. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny" - Kin Hubbard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message