Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 07:09:16 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, stevep-hv@zpfe.com Subject: Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another Message-ID: <200208131409.g7DE9GmN005482@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020813084802.037d9498@magpie.zpfe.com>
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>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:56:18 -0500
>From: Steve Peterson <stevep-hv@zpfe.com>
>Hi -- I'm looking for a pointer to instructions on how to take a kernel
>built on one machine and install it on another. I checked the handbook and
>the FAQ to no avail, and did some searching of the mailing list that came
>up empty. I've built & installed kernels using "make buildkernel ; make
>installkernel", so I'm not a total newbie to kernel building.
For machines where the NFS-mounting is accptable, what I have done is:
* On the build machine
* Update the machine per UPDATING
* once rebooted, and verified that behavior is as expected:
* cd /usr/src
* foreach k ( list of kernel configs for target machines here ... )
make buildkernel KERNCONF=$k
end
Once that's done, for each target machine
* ensure that / & /usr are mounted read-write
* mount ${buildmachine}:/usr/src /usr/src # can be read-only
* mount ${buildmachine}:/usr/obj /usr/obj # can be read-only
* cd /usr/src
* make installkernel KERNCONF=target_kernel_config
* make installworld
* mergemaster
* reboot
Note that I've gotten away with avoiding the single-user reboot that is
recommended for immediately following the "make installkernel". YMMV.
Cheers,
david (links to my resume at http://www.catwhisker.org/~david)
--
David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org
To paraphrase David Hilbert, there can be no conflicts between Microsoft
and the discipline of systems administration, since they have nothing in
common.
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