Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:45:24 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Rajesh Saxena" <bluehaze@sympatico.ca>, "FreeBSD questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: any info on setting up make.conf Message-ID: <001b01c00418$248c13e0$1200a8c0@matt> References: <3994CAC8.5B9FE687@sympatico.ca>
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> Hi, I'm trying to compile a kernel so I can get PPPoE and my > Soundblaster LIVE card to work. I was following the instructions in the > FreeBSD handbook on compiling/installing a new kernel when I came across > make.conf <snip> > installworld etc. but all it keeps saying is > > make:don't know how to make world. stop. From this error message, it appears that you're trying to do a 'make world'. This is not how you build a new kernel. Once you use the config command to configure the kernel, you need to switch to the compile directory before creating the kernel. Usually the compile directory is /usr/src/compile/<name of kernel>. Once you're in that directory, you can do a 'make depend' followed by a 'make' and a 'make install'. This will create and install a new kernel. (You only need to do a 'make buildworld' or 'make installworld' if you plan on rebuilding your entire FreeBSD installation - something that you don't want to do if all you're doing is adding options to your kernel.) -- Matthew Emmerton GSI Computer Services +1 (800) 217-5409 (Canada) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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