Thread: Updating FreeBSD and Building a Custom Kernel
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Old 15th August 2008
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Originally Posted by corey_james View Post
custom kernel http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...nelconfig.html

more or less:
grab the src using cvsup
edit kernel config file
#cd /usr/src
#make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
# make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
Alternatively, you can just
Code:
# make KERNCONF=MYKERNEL kernel
which will build and install the kernel so that it boots to the new kernel after your next reboot. Don't worry, it will copy the old kernel out to /boot/kernel.old.

Even so, it isn't a bad idea to do this first:
Code:
# cp -Rp /boot/kernel /boot/kernel.good
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