Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:29:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSS Message-ID: <200407271429.i6RETTE25687@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200407270257.39296.mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx> from "Miguel Cardenas" at Jul 27, 2004 02:57:38 AM
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> Hello
>
> Sorry for my ignorance, am new to FreeBSD... which is the kernel config file?
> is it a configuration for compiling or at boot time? am linux user so will
> not bee too hard, just tell me which is the file pls :D
Well, in pre 5.xxx versions it is in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf.
You should find at least 2 in there already: GENERIC and LINT.
Make a copy of GENERIC and modify the copy and follow instructions
in the handbook or any of the other good FreeBSD books then to build
a new kernel. There is an old way that still works in 4.xxx and
a new way that is a bit more automated.
The old way has you doing /usr/sbin/config CONF_file_name
cd ../../compile/CONF_file_name
make depend
make
make install (only if you want it to actually
replace your current kernel now
you can do this manually later)
The new way is supposed to be better, but old habits die hard and this
way leaves files where I know how to find them.
I have yet to do anything more than burn at 5.xxx CD so I am not sure
the files are exactly the same in 5.xxx, but they won't be extremely
different in principal.
////jerry
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> Regards,
> Miguel
>
> > This should be automatically created by devfs. I would make certain that
> > the proper device entry is installed in your kernel config. For my system,
> > I need to add the following line to my kernel config file:
> >
> > device pcm
> >
> > I hope this helps.
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