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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!udel!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Robert Nusbaum <rnusbaum@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: compiling the kernel Date: 18 Jul 1995 15:50:41 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3ugl8h$mmf@mars.earthlink.net> References: <3uea64$fc@noc.tor.hookup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mariefrance.earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Thomas Schroecker <thomas@server.bruce.net> wrote: >Hi, Thomas Schroecker <thomas@server.bruce.net> wrote: >I've been running FreeBSD 2.0 problem free for a while now, but now I have to >recompile the kernel because I need more than 2 slip devices. So, I made the >appropriate changes in the /usr/src/i386/conf directory, and now I guess I >should rebuild and install the kernel. If this is a simple task, can someone >please give me a quick explanation of it. If there's more to it than that, >could someone please tell me if there's any documentation for this subject. Thomas, I've just been down this road. What you need to do is run 'config <FILE>' where file is the name of you new system to compile. Config sets up 'FILE' as a subdirectory under ../../compile. You have to cd there and run 'make depend', then 'make all', or 'make depend all'. If that compiles correctly, warnings and all, run 'make install'. That should be it unless you have problems because of missing items in the original config file. You might want to consult the freebsd home page. You will find info there on a variety of subjects. Good luck, Robert