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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!pavanas From: pavanas@nomina.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do i install new kernel Date: 22 May 1997 20:27:44 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 28 Message-ID: <slrn5o9b38.d9n.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> References: <338485FE.3D69@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: pavanas@smalt.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41449 On Thu, 22 May 1997 10:44:30 -0700, Vinay Hegde <vhegde@us.oracle.com> mused and hath written: >Hi, > I have setup a FreeBSD-2.2-Gamma machine. Now I would like to use the >custom kernel instead of the Generic one. I cannot cp or overwrite the >existing kernel like in other unix flavors; i get "operation not >permitted" message. How do i do it?. I really appreciate your help. > The very first thing to do, if have not already done so, is buy something like The Complete Free BSD By Greg Lehey. In this book you will find a chapter on Rebuilding the kernel. Read it. Then go to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and edit GENERIC (the configuration file) using the knowledge gained from reading the book. The details are outlined in the book and without the book configuring the GENERIC file would be quite the experience. >thanx >--vh -- IHS pavanas The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame of blame. Hobbs