From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 21 16:02:44 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id QAA16445 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:02:44 -0700 Received: from wotan.compaq.com (wotan.compaq.com [131.168.249.254]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA16437 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:02:41 -0700 Received: from twisto by wotan.compaq.com with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1 #12) id m0skfnA-0009sSC; Mon, 21 Aug 95 17:58 CDT Received: from yoda.eng.hou.compaq.com by twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #10) id m0skfn3-000uMfC; Mon, 21 Aug 95 17:57 CDT Received: by yoda.eng.hou.compaq.com (Smail3.1.26.7/COMPAQ-HESIOD) id m0skfn2-0004rpC; Mon, 21 Aug 95 17:57 CDT Message-Id: From: hykel@yoda.eng.hou.compaq.com (Richard Hykel) Subject: how can I compile kernel from CD-ROM? To: hykel@yoda.eng.hou.compaq.com (Richard Hykel) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 17:57:55 CDT Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL11] Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In March/April, someone posted a letter describing changes neccessary to allow mounting a read-only source tree (CD-ROM) and compiling directly off of it. Did this work for the kernel also? Was it too late for the 2.0.5R CD-ROM? I want to recompile the kernel using sources directly off of the CD-ROM, providing a kernel configuration that will boot from my second hard drive and remove the (Small/too small) FreeBSD partition from my first drive. Section 3.14 of the FAQ indicates that kernel is apparently excluded from being built off of the CD-ROM. I have compiled kernels a number of times (pre 2.0R) and I know how to edit my config file, etc. What I need is for some kind soul to clue me in as to how I can accomplish this task from the CD if at all possible. I have plans for > 1G drive, but that has to wait for now. -- Richard Hykel hykel@twisto.compaq.com My opinion is my own and subject to change... and change.