Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 22:13:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration manual Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950830221253.16687B-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950829204756.846C-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Jake Hamby wrote: > I'm a new user to FreeBSD but I have about two years Linux/SunOS > experience so I picked it up really quickly. I'd like to help the > FreeBSD team but since I'm not really a kernel hacker, I'd like to work > on the documentation instead (which is currently pretty skeletal)... > > Anyway, the current Users Guide is very sketchy on what options to change > to build a custom kernel. All it says is: > > cp GENERIC MYKERNEL > vi MYKERNEL > ... > > That's it?!? If I hadn't built a custom kernel under SunOS and had only my > Linux experience (where you type 'make config' and it holds your hand > through the procedure) I would be completely lost! Anyway I'd like to > announce my intention of writing a quick guide to custom kernel > building. I just need to know what format to send it in (SGML?) and who to > send it to. Thanks in advance! I'm climbing the same learning curve. Move this to FreeBSD-doc (the correct list for it) then go take a look at /usr/share/sgml, and the sgmlfmt man page. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com > Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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