On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Tony Hain <[email protected]>wrote:
> If buildworld is a prereq, why isn't that in the instruction sequence? Even > if it is only required once, on a fresh install it should be possible to > look at the FreeBSD docs and build a custom kernel without hitting errors > and having to search for hints. > It isn't a prereq. Those instructions have remained largely unchanged for years for a reason. You were following instructions on how to build a new kernel when in fact you were trying to upgrade FreeBSD. Use these steps and you'll get a lot farther: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
