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Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 12:28:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ryan <minime@spring.thepond.com>
To: Sean Broestl <broestls@holly.ColoState.EDU>
Cc: Thomas <true@vol.at>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: kernel compiling problem
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On Tue, 1 May 2001, Sean Broestl wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> This is a mistake I made at first too. The FreeBSD Handbook tries to cover
> all the current versions of FreeBSD, and the kernel compilation section
> can be kind of confusing in that regard. To properly compiler a kernel in
> FBSD 4.x, do this:
>
> cd /usr/src
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=<your kernel config>
> make installkernel KERNCONF=<your kernel config>
>
> That should be all you need to do.
>
> Good luck on your FreeBSD rite of passage :)
>

I actuall had problems with
make buildkernel KERNCONF=
make installkernel KERNCONF=

and had to substitute KERNEL= for KERNCONF= in both instances to get it to
work right

FWIW...

ryan



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