From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 19:05:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA24334 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:05:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA24327 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:05:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA19830; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:05:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:05:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: R J Thompson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Customizing a Kernel In-Reply-To: <345A2DCB.2120B440@cableinet.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, R J Thompson wrote: > I'm fairly new to FreeBSD and have got to the stage where I'd like to > customize my own kernel. > > I downloaded the source code: (base, sys parts), and configured the > generic kernel file to my needs. > > When I came to compile the generic kernel file the "make depend" command > completed successfully but when I typed "make" I had errors come back at > me complaining of missing *.c files, audio.c etc.... > > Then when I typed "make install" I received an error saying I have to > make the kernel before installing it. > > I assume I downloaded and installed the sources correctly, but do I need > and extra to what I already have? Yes, you need to run `config' to build the kernel build environment. See the Handbook section on building your own kernel at http://www.freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major