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Date:      Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:26:26 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        DrdeHaerne@aol.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New kernel problems
Message-ID:  <19990118102626.N55525@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <ac8dd20d.36a1b22b@aol.com>; from DrdeHaerne@aol.com on Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 04:49:31AM -0500
References:  <ac8dd20d.36a1b22b@aol.com>

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On Sunday, 17 January 1999 at  4:49:31 -0500, DrdeHaerne@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 99-01-17 04:36:19 EST, you write:
>
>> On Sunday, 17 January 1999 at  3:36:14 -0500, DrdeHaerne@aol.com wrote:
>>> I'm trying to build a kernel for my machine.
>>>
>>> When I do "make depend" I get a "*** Error code 1"
>>>
>>> This is what exactly appears:
>>>
>>> #make depend
>>> cc -c -O -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wredundant-decls -Wimplicit  -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes  -Wpointer-arith  -nosdinc -I- -I. -I. ./.. -I/usr/include/ -D0PCVT_FREEBSD=210 -DFAILSAFE -DCOMPAT_43 -DFFS -DINET -DKERNEL -DMAXUSERS=80 -UKERNEL ../../i386/i386/genassym.c 
>>> ../../i386/i386/genassym.c:0: malformed option `-D 0PCVT FREEBSD=210'
>>> *** Error code 1
>>>
>>> thanks in advance for any help
>>
>>  Looks like a bug in your config file.  Look for the line
>>
>>  options		PCVT_FREEBSD=210
>>
>>  Want to bet you have this instead?
>>
>>  options		0PCVT_FREEBSD=210
>
> "Make depend" worked. Now following the same steps outlined in the
> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/, I do "make" (after make depend) then I do a
> "make install".
>
> Strangely, I get this error:
> "You must first build your kernel before trying to install.      *** Error code 1"

When?  Where?  What was the result of the make?  Do you have a kernel
in that directory?

> Frustrating as it is, I am lost. I quit trying to manually make the kernel, so
> I rebooted from the cdrom, and tried both the kernel configuration in full-
> screen visual mode then in CLI mode. Once setting the devices correctly I quit
> and save, then the machine becomes Idle with no HDD activity whatsoever (in
> both modes might I add).
>
> Any ideas?

Describe the problem.

Greg
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