Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-15 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 11:16:13AM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 10:59, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:34:07AM -0500, Stephen Hilton wrote: > > > On 15 Aug 2002 09:22:05 -0500 > > > Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-0

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:24:37 +0200 Olivier Tharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OT> * Dmitry Agafonov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (20020813 18:20): OT> > The question still remains - can one build a number of kernels and OT> > then install them? This will save some time on updating a number OT> > of machine

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread Scott Lambert
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:35:14AM -0400, Chen Xu wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 13, 2002, at 10:20 AM, Dmitry Agafonov wrote: > > > >We have compiled kernels (make buildkernel KERNCONF=LALALA) on one machine, > > and then after nfs-mounting /usr/src and /usr/obj to target machine - > >make inst

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread Greg Panula
Chen Xu wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 13, 2002, at 10:37 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > > > > Beware the contents of /etc/make.conf if you have machines with > > different processors (Athlon versus Pentium versus i686) > > Are you saying the kernel compiled at one type of cpu will not > work on

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread Olivier Tharan
* Dmitry Agafonov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (20020813 18:20): > The question still remains - can one build a number of kernels and > then install them? This will save some time on updating a number > of machines: 3 steps (cvsup'ing and world and kernel(s) building) > may be fully automated. You can put

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread Mike Harding
I can validate that this works - one way you can automate this is to put the KERNCONF definition in /etc/make.conf. We used this to bulk update a farm of SMP and uniprocessor systems, the SMP kernel was different for us. One thing that can bite you is _other_ things in /etc/make.conf - like if

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread Chen Xu
On Tuesday, August 13, 2002, at 10:37 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > > Beware the contents of /etc/make.conf if you have machines with > different processors (Athlon versus Pentium versus i686) Are you saying the kernel compiled at one type of cpu will not work on the other type of cpu EVEN the

Re: Need instructions: build kernel on one machine; install on another

2002-08-13 Thread David Brinegar
See also: http://www.freebsddiary.org/makeworld-2boxes.php On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:56:18AM -0500, Steve Peterson wrote: > Hi -- I'm looking for a pointer to instructions on how to take a kernel > built on one machine and install it on another. I checked the handbook and > the FAQ to no av