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To: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Building a New Kernel 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:35:59 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:26:03 -0700
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:35:59 -0400
> From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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> 	There is a new way to build kernels.  Checkout the handbook at www.freebsd.org.
> 
> make buildkernel KERCONF=GENERIC
> make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC

Or, for simplicity:
make kernel KERCONF=GENERIC
which will build and install the kernel. (Then reboot.)

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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