Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 08:10:54 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Tony Sim <y2s82@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help, my computer would not make kernel Message-ID: <3D42B7FE.8000209@owt.com> References: <F194jvpN7wRjIHBchZ00001e923@hotmail.com>
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Tony Sim wrote: > hi, i'm a complete newbie who have decided to build his own kernel for > his computer. i've been looking through the handbook provided on > www.freebsd.org. > > I've been trying to build a kernel for my computer so that i could > include sound and perhaps other functions that were left out in generic > kernel. > But, when i type in "make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL", it would > function for awhile, then says that there was an error and aborts the > process. > so, i tried the traditional way, and i found out that "make depend" > functions w/out an error, while the following "make" functions creates > an error. i do not understand the cause nor the error. What is goin on? It usually means you have mischosen some option. For example, USB support has a umass that requires miibus support. You may have not installed all of the souce code that is neeeded. We can't help you without the error messages. Kent > > I've been speculating reasons, but i've come up with only one so far. > I've used the cd iso image from the web to create 4 cd's. at the > similar timeline, i've also created cd for other operating system. > while trying to install the other operating system in other computer, > i've found out that some of its files r corrupted. it wasn't the fault > of the iso because the same file in iso had no flaws. so i'm thinking > that the burning process wasn't as good as i thought it was. However, > could freebsd be installed with corrupted files? could this be the > reason why my "make" commands malfunction? i did use "make" or "make > install" for installing various other packages (though some of them > wouldn't work due to sound or graphcal reasons... one of the important > reasons why i want my kernel) > > and... one more question... how do i get OpenGL support? is that has > to do w/ kernel as well? or is it a port that requires an installation? > > and (sorry, one more question) I've found out that i could load my > soundcard using "kldload". Though i'm yet to see if it truely works, (i > do not have any files in the computer that makes sound...) > > well, thanx for reading this far, i wish you all a great day > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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