Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:43:41 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: lambert@cswnet.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buildkernel installkernel Message-ID: <20000712154341.A1462@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200007122236.RAA72044@troi.csw.net>; from lambert@cswnet.com on Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 05:35:46PM -0400 References: <200007122236.RAA72044@troi.csw.net>
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 05:35:46PM -0400, lambert@cswnet.com wrote: > (if you get two copies of this message, I sent it to freebsd.com by > accident the first time. I don't know if they are connected) > > Do I have to build the modules everytime I want to install a kernel? > > I have been building several kernels on my build machine in preparation > for my upgrade-a-thon tonight. > > Now I wonder if I've been wasting my time. > > I decided it would be a good idea to have a new GENERIC around. So I > built GENERIC (without rebuilding the modules) and tried to install it. > > The command used for building GENERIC was : > > make buildkernel -DNO_MODULES KERNEL=GENERIC > > which completed successfully. > > Running : > > make installkernel KERNEL=GENERIC > > fails with the following messages. You need to specify -DNO_MODULES on the installkernel command too. The modules are build in per kernel directories (yes it's stupid, but the whole thing is a work in progress). -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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