Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:34:43 -0600 From: "Kenzo" <kenzo_chin@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compiling the kernel Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV67Fx4v8Some000074ce@hotmail.com> References: <200312011513.hB1FDwK01583@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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What happened to make buildkernel KERNCONF=KERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=KERNEL did this change in newer version or something? I thought the above was the new way of rebuilding a kernel. Am I not up to date? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: "Valerian Galeru" <valerian_ro@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:13 AM Subject: Re: Compiling the kernel > > > > I want to build a new kernel. I have edit the GENERIC > > file (like is written into the documentation). And > > when i run /usr/sbin/config > > /root/kernels/MYKERNEL(this is my kernel) i get a lot > > of errors Command not found. What is made wrong??? > > First of all, I presume you really used one line as > > /usr/sbin/config /root/kernels/MYKERNEL > > Not two separate command lines as it appears in your message. > > Secondly, did you make your copy of GENERIC in to the > same directory as GENERIC? That is the best idea. > > Third, on any of the FreeBSD systems I have worked on there is > no /root/kernels directory. (If this is something new with 5.x I > am off on this as I haven't built a 5.x yet) The kernel > config files are in: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf (or did you set up > some homebrew link?) So, I would expect that there is a file: > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL > > and the best way to run things is to > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > cp GENERIC MYKERNEL > vi MYKERNEL (make whatever changes you need and write+exit vi) > /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL > cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > make depend > make > [make install] Only if you want the present kernel replaced > > Now if you have CVSUPed and etc, then you will want to follow those > instructions instead of merely building a kernel. Doing it > the above way is only if you are just changing the kernel config > and then recompiling. > > ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > 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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