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

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 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 onanother

2002-08-13 Thread Chris BeHanna
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, 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 installkernel KERNCONF=LALALA

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

Can someone MFC the patch in bin/37717?

2002-08-13 Thread Fred Clift
As the subject says, can someone MFC the patch in bin/37717? It is not terribly critical, but it's a simple little fix that I'm concerned aobut only for vanity-type reasons :). That, and it's one less local patch I have to worry about applying... Fred -- Fred Clift - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

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 the other

Re: Can someone MFC the patch in bin/37717?

2002-08-13 Thread Bosko Milekic
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:32:54AM -0600, Fred Clift wrote: As the subject says, can someone MFC the patch in bin/37717? It is not terribly critical, but it's a simple little fix that I'm concerned aobut only for vanity-type reasons :). That, and it's one less local patch I have to worry

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

2002-08-13 Thread Chris BeHanna
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Greg Panula wrote: 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

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 installkernel

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 machines: 3 steps