From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 9 10:13:17 2003 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 021E837B401 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:13:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-94-58-56.stny.rr.com [24.94.58.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 802C543F13 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:13:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 4AABB4FCA2; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:54:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 454AC4A0F; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:54:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:54:41 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Darren Cc: fbsd-questions Subject: Re: kernel won't compile In-Reply-To: <05fc01c2b804$b2b9dba0$6601a8c0@crotchett.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Darren wrote: > I have successfully compiled a new kernel once already on a new install of > FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE. Since then, I have run cvsup and portupgrade. Now, I > need to recompile the kernel again. But, I'm running into errors. I have > been following the handbook. But, apparently, I'm missing something. The > way I understand the manual, you use the first method of "config > CUSTOM_KERNEL" and if you have updated the kernel sources, you have to use > the second method of "make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL". I used the first > method before running cvsup and it worked. I looked at /usr/src/UPDATING. > For recompiling, it basically looks like the second method in the FreeBSD > handbook. So, I tried compiling both ways. I tried deleting my CUSTOM > sources and copying GENERIC back to CUSTOM and starting over. But, it still > craps out. > > Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?? > > Thanks, > Darren > Did you make installworld and buildworld before trying to build a kernel agains the new source? # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message