Hi! > the other question i have is what are the differnence between these two > processes: > config GENERIC > cd ../../compile/GENERIC > make depend; make; make install
This is what you would do if you want to re-compile the generic kernel. Since the generic kernel is already on your system, doing that doesn't make much sense. If you need to customize your kernel, it is recommended that you copy GENERIC to some other file, for instance CUSTOM, make changes to that file and build new kernel from that instead of GENERIC. > as oposed to a the build world process? The build world process rebuilds not only the kernel but the entire operating system. > when would you perform one over the other? Re-compiling the kernel is what you would do if you want to change the kernel on your existing version of FreeBSD, for example add support for hardware which is not supported by GENERIC kernel. Building the world is what you typically do if you want to upgrade the entire FreeBSD operating system to newer version. Before building world you generally get the sources for new FreeBSD version with cvsup. -- Toomas Aas | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * Press any key to continue or any other key to quit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
