From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 2 10:18:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F58137B400 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:18:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.eskimo.com (mx1.eskimo.com [204.122.16.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 577CB43E42 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:18:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ripper@eskimo.com) Received: from eskimo.com (ripper@eskimo.com [204.122.16.13]) by mx1.eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA06033; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:18:12 -0700 Received: (from ripper@localhost) by eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id KAA20585; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:18:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:18:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200208021718.KAA20585@eskimo.com> From: Ross Lippert To: rdm@cfcl.com Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Rich Morin on Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:59:51 -0700) Subject: Re: docs/41253: config(8) and/or Handbook deficiency Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > # cd /sys/i386/conf > # cp GENERIC > # vi > ... > # config > # cd ../../compile/ > # make depend > # make > # make install I pulled up the kernel-config on the web and this is pretty much what it says, as long as you don't get bogged down in the "syncing the source" or "tips". >recently built a kernel, I didn't mess about in /usr/src at all. I >just used the /sys/i386/conf area, as suggested by the config(8) page: I think that what is missing with your experience is that the handbook does not say that /sys is typically a symlink to /usr/src/sys. -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message