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Subject: Re: Recompiling Kernel (NetBSD)
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From: mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov. (Mike Newell)
Date: 14 Jun 93 20:10:34 +0600
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>Which netbsd :-), if you mean the released netbsd0.8, it should be
>the same as 386bsd. You have to go to /usr/src/sys.386bsd/i386/conf,
>make your new kernel config file there, and then do the config MYCONFIG.
>Then goto ../../compile/MYCONFIG and do a "make depend" and a "make"
>>>>>>>>>>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>and you should get a new kernel.
>As far as i heard, if you use the current snapshot sources of netbsd,
>things are slightly changed.
>

The problem with my system was the directory didn't get created when
I unloaded the source distribution.  Until you create the directory
yourself you can't config the kernel.

Mike Newell
NASA Advanced Network Applications Group