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Date:      Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:43:23 -0400
From:      "Kohler, Raymond J" <raymond.j.kohler@lmco.com>
To:        "'Kent Stewart'" <kstewart@owt.com>, Noel Balansag <pongkee@arnet.com.ar>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: compiling new kernel
Message-ID:  <B1B0DD19298CD41195A600508BF9067A04446A38@emss04m08.ems.lmco.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Stewart [mailto:kstewart@owt.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:37 AM
> To: Noel Balansag
> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: compiling new kernel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Noel Balansag wrote:
> 
> > hello all.
> > 
> > newbie question.
> > 
> > i just upgraded my machine to -p4, no problems whatsoever. 
> but, i need to
> > rebuild my kernel, enable IPDIVERT and IPFIREWALL. and i 
> followed the
> > handbook and deleted /usr/obj w/o first checking ( stupid 
> me ). it was then
> > that i saw that the path of the new GENERIC kernel is through
> > /usr/obj/usr/src....
> > 
> > question, where do i find the new generic kernel? can i 
> undelete the whole
> > /usr/obj directory? or do i have to start the whole upgrade 
> process again?
> > 
> 
> 
> It depends on how far you got into updating your system. If you 
> finished buildworld, build[install]kernel, and installworld, you can 
> use the config way of building a kernel. A buildkernel depends on a 
> populated /usr/obj.


This is not true. make buildkernel can be done with an empty /usr/obj.
 

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