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Date:      Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:17:54 -0600 (CST)
From:      Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To:        Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
Cc:        <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Can't see Raidon Compaq DL380
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0112261804360.1353-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
In-Reply-To: <20011226174916.I23587-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Chris Dillon wrote:
>
> > Once you've made the custom installation kernel on another FreeBSD
> > box, just mount the first installation disk, gzip the new kernel, and
> > copy the new kernel over the one on the disk.  Also be sure to remove
> > devices out of GENERIC you don't need or it will be too large to fit
> > on the floppy.
>
> How can I make a kernel without overwritting my /kernel file?
> Basically I just want to create a kernel file and have it go either to
> another directory other than root or to go with a different name to root.

Compile but just don't install the kernel if you want to make the
kernel in the old-style (config; make depend; make all; so on), or if
you use "make kernel" in the master Makefile, set the INSTKERNNAME to
something else along with KERNCONF.  For example:

cd /usr/src && make kernel KERNCONF=GOTCISS INSTKERNNAME=kernel.GOTCISS
Mount the installation floppy on something like /mnt
gzip -c /kernel.GOTCISS > /mnt/kernel.gz
umount /mnt
There you go.

> The machines that I can build the kernel with the driver don't
> have the controller so I would just want to build the kernel, but
> not have it replace the kernel on that machine.

Right.


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