From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 20:29:14 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 2993C16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-47.apple.com [17.250.248.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB4943FDF for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:29:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hB44TCAA022189 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:29:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.8] (12-231-115-57.client.attbi.com [12.231.115.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hB44TCaN003008 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:29:12 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) In-Reply-To: <20031204035800.GA68444@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> References: <20031202043933.GB16782@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <1070340909.404.12.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> <20031204035800.GA68444@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <6721DD2F-2612-11D8-ADD5-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: paul beard Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:29:08 -0800 To: freebsd-questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) Subject: Re: config(8) out of sync with source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:29:14 -0000 On Dec 3, 2003, at 7:58 PM, William O'Higgins wrote: > 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. > I doubt it's the procedure that had that effect: I've built kernels and worlds on several machines (desktops and laptop) since 4.2 RELEASE and I think I had one dud kernel in all the time. I'm not sure how to interpret the comment that "the procedure in the Handbook is more extensive than I had time for." It doesn't take any time, really, unless you sit and watch the compiler messages streaming past. If you haven't tried this yet, I recommend following the Handbook method with a GENERIC kernel and see how that goes. That should give you a kernel remarkably similar to the one you installed initially. If that works, you can rest assured the procedure is sound, and it's the configuration that needs tweaking. -- Paul Beard paulbeard [at] mac.com