From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 28 17:31:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E49D16A4CE for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:31:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from gateway.home.ricin.net (cp464173-a.dbsch1.nb.home.nl [212.204.145.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38EDB43D1F for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:31:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@ricin.com) Received: from workstation.home.ricin.net (workstation.home.ricin.net [172.16.32.66]) by gateway.home.ricin.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D195E24D09; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 02:31:26 +0100 (CET) From: Danny Pansters To: rfa@msumain.edu.ph Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 02:31:26 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <3961.203.177.105.178.1078015974.squirrel@bayok.msumain.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <3961.203.177.105.178.1078015974.squirrel@bayok.msumain.edu.ph> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402290231.26487.danny@ricin.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel compile error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: danny@ricin.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:31:29 -0000 On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:52, rfa@msumain.edu.ph wrote: > Im kinda new at this and > > I was compiling my kernel on my Dell Inspiron600m running FreeBSD 5.2 > RELEASE when I just remembered[after taking a nap] that I did > > #make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC If you build your own kernel, you should give it another name than GENERIC (and change ident in your config file). > > and I forgot to edit the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file before > running the process. > > anyway, the #make buildkernel completed and i wanted to change the GENERIC > file so i went aroung and commented out all the stuff that i didnt have on > my system and did a #make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC again only to have > errors after about a minute into the process. > > My Questions Are: > Is it wrong to do this process again after a successful #make buildkernel? > If so, what should I do to do it successfully? [should i rm -rf /usr/src > && cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/standard-supfile && make world again?] Never run "make world" literally. Run make buildworld, make kernel, make installworld, mergemaster. > > Or is it possible that my GENERIC file is wrong? Yes, you edited too much out. This is a FAQ: > #device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI) > device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and HTH, Dan