Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:47:32 +0100 From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: <danny@ricin.com>, <rfa@msumain.edu.ph> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: kernel compile error Message-ID: <20040229104744.8E1A62B4DA4@mail.evilcoder.org> In-Reply-To: <20040229013149.7FB9219@mail.elvandar.org>
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Overlooked this email, And overlooked the make world process, My apologies for giving inaccurate information Cheers, -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene mrtg.grunn.org Dutch mirror of MRTG -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]Namens Danny Pansters Verzonden: zondag 29 februari 2004 2:31 Aan: rfa@msumain.edu.ph CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Onderwerp: Re: kernel compile error On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:52, rfa@msumain.edu.ph wrote: > Im kinda new at this and > > I was compiling my kernel on my Dell Inspiron600m running FreeBSD 5.2 > RELEASE when I just remembered[after taking a nap] that I did > > #make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC If you build your own kernel, you should give it another name than GENERIC (and change ident in your config file). > > and I forgot to edit the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file before > running the process. > > anyway, the #make buildkernel completed and i wanted to change the GENERIC > file so i went aroung and commented out all the stuff that i didnt have on > my system and did a #make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC again only to have > errors after about a minute into the process. > > My Questions Are: > Is it wrong to do this process again after a successful #make buildkernel? > If so, what should I do to do it successfully? [should i rm -rf /usr/src > && cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/standard-supfile && make world again?] Never run "make world" literally. Run make buildworld, make kernel, make installworld, mergemaster. > > Or is it possible that my GENERIC file is wrong? Yes, you edited too much out. This is a FAQ: > #device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI) > device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and HTH, Dan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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