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Date:      Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:16:45 -0400
From:      "Todd Robinson" <todd_robinson@webpath.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: compile kernel - copy it to another machine?
Message-ID:  <017f01c26c92$fb61a260$24475292@east.frontiercorp.com>
References:  <20021005101617.2e469ec2.nkinkade@dsl-only.net>

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I've been able to do it with the default Generic Kernel in an emergency, but
not otherwise...didn't even try it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Kinkade" <nkinkade@dsl-only.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: compile kernel - copy it to another machine?


> Will it work to compile a kernel on one machine and then copy/boot that
> kernel on another machine with different hardware?  I've been trying to
> do this, but I can't get the kernel to boot on the machine to which it
> was copied.  I've made sure that the kernel config file is crafted
> specifically to the hardware of the machine to which I am copying it.  I
> would like to do this because one of my machines is many orders faster
> than the other and can compile a kernel in a matter of a few minutes,
> whereas the other machine (a P166) might take an hour.  I have found a
> few pages where people talk of this, but no specific caveats or
> examples.  Does anyone have any input on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
>
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