Minor error in freebsd handbook

[Brooks Davis]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:55:51PM +0200, Koen Heringa wrote:
> Hello, I think I found an error in the online freebsd handbook.
> But I am not very sure because I am very new to bsd.
> Anyway in Chapter 8 Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel,
> 
> *Procedure 1. Building a Kernel the ?Traditional? Way*
> 
>   1.
> 
>      Run config(8)
>      <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=config&sektion=8> to
>      generate the kernel source code.
> 
> # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL
> 
> I think the command should be
> # /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/config MYKERNEL
> 
> Atleast that's what I make of it when I lookup the config command in the 
> hyperlinked text.

That's totally wrong.  There's no normal way you could even end up with
a copy of config in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/.

> Not that it helps me much, because even when I do it this way it won't 
> work. For some reason you can't compile the original GENERIC kernel.
> But that's somehting for questions at freebsd.org I suppose :)

As a new user, you shouldn't be using the "Traditional" way unless you
really have to.  The other way is much more fool proof.

-- Brooks

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