From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 27 22:28:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp5.jps.net (smtp5.jps.net [209.63.224.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C04150D9 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulairi@jps.net) Received: from ulairi (208-237-196-40.irv.jps.net [208.237.196.40]) by smtp5.jps.net (8.9.0/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA18094; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ulairi" To: Cc: "Questions" Subject: RE: Installing a custom kernel on a machine without the sources Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:28 -0700 Message-ID: <001401bec127$0d8d4540$28c4edd0@ulairi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 In-Reply-To: <3776777D.62FDB62A@kscable.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 When making the new kernel, build it with make depend, then a make, but do NOT do make install copy the "kernel" file in /usr/src/sys/compile/ to the other system (via floppy/ftp/whatever) and reboot. That's the new kernel. Since you're not compiling for a different architecture, you should not need to do anything SUPER special | -----Original Message----- | From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG | [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ben Salem | Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 12:12 | To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG | Subject: Installing a custom kernel on a machine without the sources | | | My Scenario: | | I have a 386 with a 212Mb HD, just enough for the minimal | installation - | but not the kernel sources. | | I have heard it is possible to configure, and build a custom kernel on | one machine meant for another, then | copy it over to the one that needs it. | | Just one problem, what am I suppose to copy over? | | | If there is any documentation regarding this problem, please point me | there, or if someone has help they can offer me directly that | would also | be greatly appreciated. | | Thank you, | Ben Salem | (bfs@kscable.com) | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0.2i iQA/AwUBN3cHa1R8Yh25VFLEEQKG6QCg9ESVtB0DvWCi+APTgYq0uj1UWkYAnRdP XdbO5xEklWDIplnt8gz0mdIN =5JpJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message