Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 18:36:54 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to build kernel after cvsup Message-ID: <19990516183654.A43002@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990516104444.16949C-100000@crb.crb-web.com>; from Wayne Cuddy on Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:47:03AM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990516104444.16949C-100000@crb.crb-web.com>
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On Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:47:03AM -0400, Wayne Cuddy wrote: > Ok I used the supfile from the handbook and decided to pull down the entire > source tree.(src-all) When I try to configure the GENERIC kernel 'config > GENERIC' I get this message > > >config: can't open ../conf/devices.i386 > > Why does this happen Make sure that /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/devices.i386 exists. > and how can a build a new kernel from the cvsupped > sources? You shouldn't rebuild only the kernel. Instead, you should rebuild the whole stuff. See ``Upgrading FreeBSD from source (using make world)'' tutorial at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ for details. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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