From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 15 01:23:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C11B1065670 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:23:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from mail.locolomo.org (97.pool85-48-194.static.orange.es [85.48.194.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5FC18FC17 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:23:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from beta.1-16-172-dyn.locolomo.org (unknown [172.16.1.127]) by mail.locolomo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F6271C0847 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:23:35 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B78A215.3070501@locolomo.org> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:23:33 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B7617C7.7010508@cox.net> <4B768D94.7080104@locolomo.org> <4B774EE7.3060702@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4B774EE7.3060702@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: custom kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:23:37 -0000 On 14/02/10 02:16, Derek Funk wrote: > My kernel is basiclly is the generic kernel just with some added options > and removed devices i don't have. I have built and installed many times > after installation. I play around with this machine a lot and just want > to be able to have my kernel installed at installation. It's beyond me why you reinstall so often even if only playing around. The only need AFAIK is if you need to repartition. In fact, reinstalling without repartitioning and formatting your drives may create a mess as leftovers from the previous install may not be properly deleted. Anyway, if the problem is that sysinstall overwrites your previously installed custom kernel in /boot/kernel, there's the option of installing your kernel in say /boot/mykernel and then in loader.conf set kernel=mykernel. BR, Erik -- Erik Nørgaard Ph: +34.666334818/+34.915211157 http://www.locolomo.org