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Date:      Thu, 5 Aug 1999 02:12:38 +0200
From:      "Marc Schneiders" <marc@oldserver.demon.nl>
To:        "Guenther Schmidt" <guenther.schmidt@worldcity.nl>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Kernel customization
Message-ID:  <0c7d01beded7$3b49a690$0400000a@oldserver.demon.nl>
References:  <37A8D0DF.FF44210B@worldcity.nl>

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Original Message From: Guenther Schmidt
<guenther.schmidt@worldcity.nl>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> I'm just having my second go on FreeBSD (version 3.2 this
time) and I
> wanted to reconfigure the kernel. According to the
handbook I just! have
> to edit the .config (subsection arch), the easy way.
>
> It's taking the piss that is!
>
>
> Isn't there a realy easy way (like make menuconfig under
Linux) to do
> so?
>
It is just as easy, because the FreeBSD file is not as long
as the Linux one and not so complicated. The easy way to do
it:
Open your kernel config file (a copy of GENERIC with a new
name) on one console with ee (or vi if you prefer, or
whatever) and the LINT file on another. Edit your file first
by throwing out what you do not have, SCSI controlers, nics,
2nd floppy, 3rd serial port etc. This is *not* difficult.
Just put a "#" before it, in stead of pressing an N in
linux. Then have a look at LINT for additional options. They
are all explained!
I have done both the linux and the FreeBSD more than once.
linux takes much more time :-)

Marc Schneiders
marc@oldserver.demon.nl





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