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Subject: Re: make doesn't know how to make KERNCONF
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Gerardo Paredes wrote:
> Hello, i have a problem compiling a custom kernel on a AMD 850 MHZ Processor, however on the last stage  it fails with the following message:
>
>
> make doesn't know how to make KERNCONF
>
>
> the command i run is:
>
> cd /usr/src
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=MIO
>
> where MIO is my kernel configuration file, living at /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
>
> why it is failing with that error??
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> Regards,
> Gerardo Paredes
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What shell are you using? That syntax should be fine for csh, but if you 
are using something like bash you may need to change the syntax.