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Date:      Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:18:07 -0500
From:      "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
To:        "James Johnson" <bonk1138@msn.com>, <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Installkernel
Message-ID:  <001c01c0107d$0fcca480$8dfee0d1@westbend.net>
References:  <KJEDKFEKMMFFMPFPBLJHOEFFCMAA.bonk1138@msn.com>

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From: "James Johnson" <bonk1138@msn.com>
> The method of building and installing a kernel to me seems a bit off.. Both
> the buildworld and installworld targets default to GENERIC, yet GENERIC is a
> file checked into the -CURRENT CVS repository.. Any changes to this file
> will get blown away if whenever you update the sources unless you explicity

Your supposed to copy GENERIC to a new name, and then build your kernel with that file.

You can change the default kernel to build by specifying:

KERNEL=         MY-KERNEL

in the /etc/make.conf file.







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