Subject: Re: GENERIC compilation question
To: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/11/2001 21:04:55
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 05:39:54PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:
..
> Summary:
>
> distributed /netbsd 4.749.749 Bytes
> my compiled GENERIC 4.745.013 Bytes
I can't explain, the above, but
> GENERIC kernel should then be bigger as INSTALL. However, it;s the
> opposite (see above).
Nope as the INSTALL kernel needs to have room inside it for the root
filesystem it boots into.
> BTW, all of a sudden, I saw a /onetbsd kernel. What's that one?
^
|
"old"
eg., you build a new kernel and do
mv /netbsd /onetbsd
cp netbsd /
...
Cheers,
Patrick