Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:37:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Pradesh Chanderpaul <p.chanderpaul@olsy.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISSUE : Kernel configuration file from built kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811121636220.24229-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D96819C11B8D011B0780020AFB865C22022CB@OLIBRMES>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Pradesh Chanderpaul wrote: > Is there any way to extract a kernel configuration file > from a built kernel. > > - I installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 without the sys source. > - I then needed to rebuild my kernel for PPP changes. > - I then installed the sys distribution and rebuilt a copy > of the kernel configuration file provided by the > distribution. > - I rebooted and found that I had "lost" my old configuration > as MANY things (eg. ping localhost) would not work. Please explain what you mean by 'lost my old configuration.' If you were expecting the -c changes to migrate, they won't. If you want them to be present when you build new kernels change the kernel config file. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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