Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:44:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Stephen F. Combs" <combssf@salem.ge.com> To: questions@freebsd.org, ipc1@tribeca.ios.com Subject: Re: 2.1 kernel builds Message-ID: <199512202044.PAA06611@combs.salem.ge.com>
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You need to install the 'kernel' sources. Without them, you can't configure and re-build a kernel. Steve Combs > From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Wed Dec 20 15:40:52 1995 > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 14:56:50 -0500 (EST) > From: Dale Benzer <ipc1@tribeca.ios.com> > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: 2.1 kernel builds > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type> : > TEXT/PLAIN> ; > charset=US-ASCII> > Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org > Content-Length: 609 > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to customize my kernal on a new install of FreeBSD 2.1. The > Handbook says the GENERIC should be in /usr/src/sys/i386, but I don't > even have anything in the /usr/src directory let alone the sys. > > I do have a file named kernel on my / directory and a kernel.GENERIC in > the same place. I seem to have a /sys directory, but when I try to cd to > it, BSD tells me there is no such directory. And vi denies it is a file. > > Anyway, the Handbook seems to be wrong for version 2.1. Are there > instructions somewhere so I can get the nonexistant devices out of the > kernel?? > > > Thanks, > > Dale Benzer > >
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