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From: William O'Higgins <william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca>
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Subject: Re: config(8) out of sync with source
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>> Your version of config(8) is out of sync with your kernel source.
>> 
>
>Did you follow the procedure out of the handbook?
>
># cvsup
># make buildworld
># cd /usr/src
># make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
># make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
># make installworld

I hadn't used that method, because I was unsure of the results, and the
procedure in the Handbook is more extensive than I had time for.

My reticence was well founded, since when I followed the above procedure
it rendered the computer non-bootable.
-- 

yours,

William