On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 04:40:50PM +1000, August Simonelli wrote: <snip> > well, the rebuild has worked fine. i think my symlinking was indeed > messed up. i followed everyone's advice and didn't use a symlink; I > kept my custom config in the same location as GENERIC and just copied > it elsewhere for backup purposes. > > one last question for those tracking the this thread: can i now delete > the custom kernel config file i created in /usr/src/sys/i386/src/ ? or > does the system need it there to boot? i would guess not, more that > the file is only used in building and installing ... > > thanks again for all the good advice ... > > august
Yes, you can safely delete the custom kernel config file if you want to. It is only used when the kernel is being built. Though, you'd do well to keep a copy of it somewhere for later reference, and it sounds as if you have already made a backup copy somewhere anyway. Nathan -- PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49
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