From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 11 16:08:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24391 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:08:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from battleship.genevaonline.com (battleship.genevaonline.com [156.46.205.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24218 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:07:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thiel@genevaonline.com) Received: from shiva (pm3-ppp46.genevaonline.com [156.46.117.46]) by battleship.genevaonline.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA05694 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:07:39 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199806112307.SAA05694@battleship.genevaonline.com> X-Sender: thiel@mail.genevaonline.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:07:27 -0500 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Loren Thiel Subject: Making a new kernel Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So is making your own custom kernel a wise thing to do being a newbie? I've seen lots of documentation on how to do it...and what all the options do in the kernel source. (/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC)(there is some .lint file or something too) I've even modified my own kernel...however it didn't correctly compile... since then, I've reinstalled...and I can't download the source again because my ppp isn't working yet. (If anyone would like to help me with that I'd appreciate it...using kernel ppp, I guess its called) I understand a custom kernel is not nessarry, but doesn't it make your computer boot faster, and use less memory for the kernel because you've eliminated support for devices you don't have? I also have 32megs of ram...but the kernel only sees 16megs...will making a new kernel fix this also? I seem to remember reading somewhere that adding support for your sound card requires making a new kernel? Thanks, Loren Thiel thiel@genevaonline.com ICQ: 1117658 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message