From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 17:12:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA22264 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:12:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA22253 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA15741; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:11:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:11:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Leonard Ong cc: Scott Mitchell , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Configuration (was RE: Naughty Shell) In-Reply-To: <000101bdcbc3$530464a0$192c9aca@ZhugeLiang.ong.net.id> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Leonard Ong wrote: > I was trying to compile smaller and customized kernel for my system. I > manage to read the handbook and the docs. I can compile but i have several > questions to ask : > > 1) Is there no config script like in linux that ask you this or that option > rather than you have to comment or add lines by yourself ? Nope, none that's distributed with the system, but I've sen those scripts and they are _ugly_, so I'm glad I have a file to hack instead of one of those silly scripts that don't let you back up. > 2) Where can i find complete kernel configuration ? Handbook said it is too > broad The file /sys/i386/conf/LINT lists all options. > 3) I compiled APM but when i tried to execute APM it said can't open > /dev/apm. Why ? Did it report a reason? Try doing /dev/MAKEDEV apm the 'all' target doesn't build apm. Also, don't get too happy with 'MAKEDEV all', in older versions it would basically kill the system by deleting device nodes for disks you were using. 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