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Date:      Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:51:43 -0400
From:      lambert@cswnet.com
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buildkernel installkernel
Message-ID:  <200007122251.RAA77982@troi.csw.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000712154341.A1462@orion.ac.hmc.edu>

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In <20000712154341.A1462@orion.ac.hmc.edu>, on 07/12/2000 
   at 03:43 PM, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> said:

>On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 05:35:46PM -0400, lambert@cswnet.com wrote: > (if
>you get two copies of this message, I sent it to freebsd.com by >
>accident the first time.  I don't know if they are connected) > 
>> Do I have to build the modules everytime I want to install a kernel?
>> 
>> I have been building several kernels on my build machine in preparation
>> for my upgrade-a-thon tonight.
>> 
>> Now I wonder if I've been wasting my time. 
>> 
>> I decided it would be a good idea to have a new GENERIC around.  So I
>> built GENERIC (without rebuilding the modules) and tried to install it.
>> 
>> The command used for building GENERIC was :
>> 
>>     make buildkernel -DNO_MODULES KERNEL=GENERIC
>> 
>> which completed successfully.
>> 
>> Running :
>> 
>>     make installkernel KERNEL=GENERIC
>> 
>> fails with the following messages.

>You need to specify -DNO_MODULES on the installkernel command too.  The
>modules are build in per kernel directories (yes it's stupid, but the
>whole thing is a work in progress).

But I should still get the modules installed when I do the :

  cd /usr/src/sys/modules
  make install

Correct?

-- 
Scott Lambert
lambert@cswnet.com
Systems and Security Administrator
CSW Net, Inc.
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Written: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 - 05:49 PM




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