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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:08:25 +0100
From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: MrBoboo <mrboboo@home.com>
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Subject: Re: kenerl issue
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 01:11:26AM -0500, MrBoboo wrote:
> is there a way to view the settings or configuration for the curent kernel that is running instead of making a kernel from scratch, i just want to change some lines in my current one, is there a way to do that???
> basically do a CP of the current to a new file name perhaps MYKERNEL, then edit MYKERNEL and then you know the rest
> if so pleez help, thanx

That's exactly what you do.  In general,

    # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
    # cp GENERIC MYKERNEL
    <edit MYKERNEL>
    # config MYKERNEL
    # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
    # make depend
    # make all
    # make install

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