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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
