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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news.apfel.de!univ-lyon1.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: How do i install new kernel X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <EALq94.1oo@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <338485FE.3D69@us.oracle.com> <slrn5o9b38.d9n.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 21:27:04 GMT Lines: 41 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41453 pavanas abludo incusus (pavanas@nomina.ccia.com) wrote: : On Thu, 22 May 1997 10:44:30 -0700, : Vinay Hegde <vhegde@us.oracle.com> mused and hath written: : >Hi, : > I have setup a FreeBSD-2.2-Gamma machine. Now I would like to use the : >custom kernel instead of the Generic one. I cannot cp or overwrite the : >existing kernel like in other unix flavors; i get "operation not : >permitted" message. How do i do it?. I really appreciate your help. : > : The very first thing to do, if have not already done so, is buy something : like The Complete Free BSD By Greg Lehey. In this book you will find a : chapter on Rebuilding the kernel. Read it. Then go to : /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and edit GENERIC (the configuration file) using : the knowledge gained from reading the book. : The details are outlined in the book and without the book configuring the : GENERIC file would be quite the experience. : You can also go to /usr/share/doc/smm/02.config and read the paper. Yeah, I know it's not specific to FreeBSD and the intended audience is definitely not beginners but you'll get the philosophy behind config(8)... At the time I started using FreeBSD, it was the only document available (apart from SunOS4.1 manuals) and it proved to be quite useful! : >thanx : >--vh : -- : IHS : pavanas : The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, : clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame of blame. Hobbs </document> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)