On 18 Nov, 2004, at 12:12, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
So basically:
o update from cvs # cd /usr/src # make update o build world/kernel in your normal or single-user mode # cd /usr/obj # rm -rf * # cd /usr/src # make buildworld # make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL
Adam!
Sorry to bother you again, but I got as for as make buildworld, after which I typed "make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL"
and I got:
cod# make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL ERROR: Missing kernel configuration file(s) (MYKERNEL). false *** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/src.
Any ideas why?
Curtis
Maybe you can disregard that. Looking at "The Complete FreeBSD" I seethat you can just use GENERIC, if you want. So, I typed:
make buildworld KERNCONF=GENERIC
and off it went.
Any reason why I wouldn't want to use GENERIC? I haven't compiled anything special for my kernel.
It's worth reading:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
But basically, if you want to use the GENERIC kernel, just type:
#make buildkernel
The KERNCONF thingy is only necessary if you want to use a custom kernel and, as you've discovered, this won't work unless you have first generated a custom kernel configuration file, while is normally done by:
#cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf #cp GENERIC MYKERNELNAME #vi MYKERNELNAME
Then add/delete as appropriate and when you run make buildkernel add KERNCONF=MYKERNELNAME
It helps, in the long run, to give your kernel a meaningful name.
Regards,
Peter.
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