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Date:      Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:10:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no>
To:        Steve Peterson <stevep-hv@zpfe.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Need instructions:  build kernel on one machine;  install on  another
Message-ID:  <20020813160914.T85135-100000@ramstind.gtf.ol.no>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020813084802.037d9498@magpie.zpfe.com>

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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:56-0500, Steve Peterson wrote:

> 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.
>
> If the answer is to go and look at the "installkernel" target in the
> makefile, I can handle that, but wanted to check with the list to see if
> there's anything I should be paying attention to.

One suggestion:

Mount /usr/src from machine A on machine B as NFS.
Then do a make installkernel.

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Trond Endrestøl                          |    trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no
Patron of The Art of Computer Programming|   FreeBSD 3.5-S & Pine 4.44


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