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Date:      Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:56:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu>
To:        "J. Goodleaf" <goodleaf@goodleaf.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make depend fails on Kernel
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000727215343.3750A-100000@sloth>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007272123340.55792-100000@clyde.goodleaf.net>

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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, J. Goodleaf wrote:

> I don't know if it will help, but you might have better luck using the
> 'make buildkernel KERNEL=[your kernel]' 'make installkernel' method, which
> I believe is now the officially preferred method for kernel builds,
> especially with upgraded systems. This is detailed in /src/UPDATING. I
> don't know if it's yet filtered into the handbook, but I would definitely
> take a look at UPDATING. (It's not so bad. Initially, I was greatly peeved
> that my 'config' 'make' thing had been deprecated, but I don't think the
> newer method is at all a pain. There are just a few more steps to it.)
I looked on the bsd list archive and found I needed to go to /usr/src then
make buildkernel KERNEL=MACHINENAME I then get:
make: don't know how to make buildkernel. Stop

This is not an upgrade. I just installed the src and hour and a half ago.

Thanks.

David
Software Engineer - NetManage
Work email: david.daugherty@netmanage.com
Home email: doc@wcug.wwu.edu
ICQ 21106703
Washington State Resident



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