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From: Charlie Root <root@cyber-services.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Kernel build after add_pkg
Date: 26 Apr 1997 04:55:52 GMT
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When I attempted to rebuild the kernel to enable the 'disk_quota'
option, I discovered I had not installed the source code in the
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf directory. I then went back and added this
package. Ready to go I thought...
The kernel rebuild instructions say to 'cp GENERIC MYKERNEL' and add
the 'disk_quota' option to MYKERNEL file. This process completed OK
and the commands:
# /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL
# cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
# make depend
# make
# make install
also completed without problems.
Upon booting, the new kernel probes all kinds of devices the /kernel.old
file never did and hangs solid. It appears the GENERIC kernel is _too_
generic for my system. Instead of the file kernel GENERIC, I need the
kernel parameter file my system used when I installed the system and I
cannot find the original bugger.
Question: When I installed FreeBSD 2.1.7, without the /usr/src/sys
directory, the kernal source parameter file that built
the original kernel (now kernel.old) was saved somewhere
(I hope).
Where is this file storred so I can substitute it for the
current /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file?
Thank you for any assistance!
Regards,
Bill Martin
cyber@hula.net