Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:35:11 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: Install with modified kernel? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703271735110.8636@hymn07.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <47a3e95e1cc57ddf67259a1ac720a7b5@prodigy.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, jekillen wrote:
> Hello:
> Is it possible to install FreeBSD ( in this case v6.2 GENERIC RELEASE) with a
> modified kernel?
> I am having some network problems with an installation on ASUS N2M32 WS pro
> (AMD64) mb.
> I want to try installing without fire wire emulation support, which means I
> have to modify the
> kernel to eliminate it. But if I install and then modify the Kernel, it will
> have made its mark.
> Please forgive me it this seems like a stupid question. It probably is but I
> just want to be
> certain.
> Thanks in advance.
> Jeff K
Jeff,
Of course you can! Please read this chapter in the handbook, which describes the process in great detail: <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html>.
As for the "network problems", what exactly are you experiencing?
-Garrett
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.LNX.4.43.0703271735110.8636>