Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:41:55 +0930 From: Hugh Ekeberg <ekeberg@bigpond.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom Kernel Message-ID: <200411281641.56440.ekeberg@bigpond.net.au> In-Reply-To: <41A97048.5090302@comcast.net> References: <41A97048.5090302@comcast.net>
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I'm bit of a newbe myself and had the same problems. Finally I decided NOT to comment out those options in my copy of the GENERIC file which related to hardware options I don't have. So if you have been commenting out all those hardware options in the kernel configuration file for hardware you don't have, then open a fresh copy of GENERIC and leave those options as they are. So basically I left my copy of GENERIC alone, changing the first part only; The original looks like this: # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.420 2004/11/02 20:57:19 andre Exp $ machine i386 #cpu I486_CPU #cpu I586_CPU #cpu I686_CPU ident GENERIC My copy looks like this: # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.420 2004/11/02 20:57:19 andre Exp $ machine i386 #cpu I486_CPU #cpu I586_CPU cpu I686_CPU ident MY_COPY_CALL _IT_WHAT_EVER I added some extra options related to sound and graphics and later I add some more once I feel more comfortable with FreeBSD. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:59, Rem Roberti wrote: > Hi Everyone, > As a rank newbie I have been trying to install a custom kernel, and > have attempted to follow the directions in the handbook. But I just > can't get the thing to "make". The handbook also says that it is okay > to send the configuration file to this list for analysis. > Nevertheless I thought that it would be a good idea to ask first. I > would appreciate it if someone would let me know how I should handle > this. > Thanks in advance. > Rem > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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