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From: G8KBV on 13 Apr 2010 16:54 Hi. In at the deep end, total noob is me. FreeBSD V8.0. I'm trying to follow the instructions at:- http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145 Due to my ISP's ineptitude, I could only download the "Boot" cd ISO immage, and have had to create this thing letting it download what it needed via FTP from one of the UK mirrors. So far so good (if after three attempts, due to my inexperience and some 'interesting' configuration menu behaviour, eventualy getting FreeBSD loaded and running) I'm at the stage of enabling PPS support in the kernel. But.... After successfully adding 'options PPS_SYNC' to the PPSGENERIC file, at the end of the other options declerations (using vim!) And checking it's 'stuck' in there. (It has.) When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC' Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt know how to build the kernel. Err, what!???? I did have to go back into sysinstall this evening, to download and install the system sources, but after that, right up to the make buildkernel (etc) command, all had gone in essance as described in that blog. So, what's missing, and where how can I get it. Regards. Dave B. Fire extinguisher, tin hat, coat etc at the ready.
From: Bob Eager on 13 Apr 2010 17:03 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:54:29 +0100, G8KBV wrote: > When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC' > > Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt > know how to build the kernel. You did do 'cd /usr/src' first, didn't you? -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
From: G8KBV on 13 Apr 2010 19:01 In article <82k4g6F1o2U1(a)mid.individual.net>, rde42(a)spamcop.net says... > > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:54:29 +0100, G8KBV wrote: > > > When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC' > > > > Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt > > know how to build the kernel. > > You did do 'cd /usr/src' first, didn't you? :) Yes I did, but you are right to ask. Late here. Nite nite. Dave B.
From: Warren Block on 13 Apr 2010 19:39 G8KBV <dave(a)g8kbv.removethis.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In article <82k4g6F1o2U1(a)mid.individual.net>, rde42(a)spamcop.net says... >> >> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:54:29 +0100, G8KBV wrote: >> >> > When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC' >> > >> > Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt >> > know how to build the kernel. >> >> You did do 'cd /usr/src' first, didn't you? > >:) > > Yes I did, but you are right to ask. Where did you put the PPSGENERIC file? It's hard to diagnose vague messages; you can use script(1) to save the output of a session. -- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
From: G8KBV on 14 Apr 2010 05:01
In article <slrnhsa04m.1ei4.wblock(a)lightning.wonkity.com>, wblock(a)wonkity.com says... > > G8KBV <dave(a)g8kbv.removethis.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <82k4g6F1o2U1(a)mid.individual.net>, rde42(a)spamcop.net says... > >> > >> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:54:29 +0100, G8KBV wrote: > >> > >> > When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC' > >> > > >> > Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt > >> > know how to build the kernel. > >> > >> You did do 'cd /usr/src' first, didn't you? > > > >:) > > > > Yes I did, but you are right to ask. > > Where did you put the PPSGENERIC file? > > It's hard to diagnose vague messages; you can use script(1) to save the > output of a session. it's in the same place as GENERIC. I just did a:- cp GENERIC PPSGENERIC as per instructions. Dave B. |