Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:10:33 +1030 From: Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make dev problems Message-ID: <20031107111033.57aee7a1.tim@spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: <15717.216.237.145.172.1068159947.squirrel@mail02.oldskool.com> References: <15502.216.237.145.172.1068153138.squirrel@mail02.oldskool.com> <20031107080233.0900bd64.tim@spyderweb.com.au> <44sml1cd6g.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <15717.216.237.145.172.1068159947.squirrel@mail02.oldskool.com>
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In the immortal words of "Jason Burris" <spidey@oldskool.com>... > The system didn't have the sources, so I downloaded the first CD ISO > and extracted them from there into: > > /usr/src/sys > > Could there be more sources that I need to extract? > > Also I tried the suggestion: > > cd /usr/src > make buildkernel KERNCONF=COMPUTERNAME > <wait a bit> > make installkernel KERNCONF=COMPUTERNAME > > And I just got the message: > > make: don't know how to make buildkernel. Stop > > There is nothing in my /usr/src directory besides the /sys dir. You only have the kernel sources, you need the rest of the base sources and a make buildworld before you can compile the kernel. You might want to consider installing cvsup (pkg_add -rv cvsup-without-gui) and getting the latest version of the complete sources. for more details, the handbook is always a good source of information. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au> Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au P: +61 8 82243020 M: +61 0401088479
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