Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:37:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Panos GEVROS <P.Gevros@cs.ucl.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting sources and building kernels Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809121336230.19785-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <7490.905527054@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
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On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Panos GEVROS wrote: > is it possible to have all sources in only one "server" machine and use it to > upgrade another "remote" by letting the "remote" mount the "server"? > (i NFS export /usr/src -maproot=root on the server) Yes. > i have upgraded the system from 2.2.6 -> 2.2.7 by 'makebuildworld' once on the > server and then > on the "remote" : > mount server:/usr/src /usr/src > cd /usr/src > make installworld > that seems to have worked... > > > > i have difficulty with building a kernel though, > on the "remote"!!: > mount server:/usr/src /usr/src > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > /usr/sbin/config REMOTE-KERNEL > cd ../../compile/REMOTE-KERNEL > make depend > make ... ... > Error 1 > at vnode_if.c (first file to cc) What error does it report? It's probably a permissions problem. > if i build the kernel on the "server" > and on the "remote" just 'mount' 'cd' in the REMOTE-KERNEL compile directory > do 'make install' then it does not complain. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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