In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says... > > In article <[email protected]>, rgilbert88 > @comcast.net says... > > > > G8KBV wrote: > > > In article <[email protected]>, > > > [email protected] says... > > >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, 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. > > >>> > > >>> Err, what!???? > > >> That should be KERNCONF, not KENRCONF. Of course, you should provide > > >> the exact error message, rather than an interpretation of it. > > >> > > >>> Anyone here know what went wrong, or do I go looking for a newbie > > >>> friendly f'bsd group (not found one of those yet.) > > >> The canonical place is <[email protected]>, subscribe via > > >> Mailman using http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >> > > >> Regards, > > > > > > Chuck: > > > Typo on my part. In the posting AFIK. > > > > > > I tried it a few times, though not to say I didn't type it wrong each > > > time. It's late now and that machine is currently off, so will have to > > > wait till much later, like late tomorrow. > > > > > > I can't copy/paste from the FreeBSD machine to this one, and I have no > > > idea how to copy paste from the command line/terminal screen, to a > > > floppy (or anything else!) but the error was very short, but almost > > > literaly "dont know how to build PPSGENERIC" No other details were > > > shown. > > > > > > > > > Michael: > > > As to 'cd /usr/src' before issuing the make command, yes, of course I > > > did that, but you are right to to ask. > > > > > > > > > Nite nite. > > > Dave B > > > > The error message suggests, to me, that there is something wrong with > > your make file. The other possibility is that you have misspelled the > > name of the file. > > > > Remember that the computer is absolutely literal; it will do, or attempt > > to do exactly what you told it to do. This will not necessarily be what
I might have some progress on this. More news later. It seems to be compiling now. I missed something in the instructions, as you do, when it's late and the eyes are going. Regards. Dave B. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
