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diff --git a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 index a88525b59f5..69b9dbeb1b1 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 @@ -229,6 +229,39 @@ to You may wish to create a file .Pa amd.home in this directory, or alternatively supply your amd.home map via YP. +\!\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +.Sh COMPILING A KERNEL +To compile your own kernel off a CDROM do the following: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# cd /somewhere +# cp /usr/src/sys/arch/$ARCH/conf/SOMEFILE . +# edit SOMEFILE (to make any changes you want) +# config -s /usr/src/sys -b . SOMEFILE +# make +.Ed +.Pp +To compile a kernel inside a writable source tree, do the following: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# cd /sys/arch/$ARCH/conf +# edit SOMEFILE (to make any changes you want) +# config SOMEFILE +# cd ../compile/SOMEFILE +# make +.Ed +.Pp +$ARCH should be the architecture (e.g. i386). If you like, do a +"make depend" too so you'll have your dependencies there next time +you do a compile. +.Pp +After either of these two steps, you can place the new kernel (called +.Pa bsd ) +in +.Pa / +and the system will boot it next time. Most people save their backup +kernels as +.Pa /bsd.1 , +.Pa /bsd.2 ... +\!\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- .Sh CHANGING /ETC FILES The system should be usable now, but you may wish to do more customizing, such as adding of users, etc. Many of the following sections may be skipped |