Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:42:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, marcel@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm fixing the build/install kernel target Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10007151940450.26012-100000@login-1.eunet.no> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10007141754320.5888-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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> If you feel that kernel reconfiguration is a must for the novice user (the one > who might get bit by not paying attention to overwriting a bootable kernel, > i.e., not using the current 'make install', which will most certainly leave > you with a bootable kernel/modules set if the new one is wrong), then instead > of making this process super safe, I suggest that the install tools are a > better place to do this. We should then take the approach that, say, Tru64 > takes, and reconfig and rebuild a kernel specific for a user's configuration > as part of the install process. Actually, this would, IMHO, be the most worthwhile way out, in that it would reduce the chance of newbies biting themselves where it hurts. I think it would also probably be welcome to spend as little time as you need to for the experienced ones, as well. Marius To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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