install kernel failure

Garrett Cooper youshi10 at u.washington.edu
Mon Dec 18 16:43:56 PST 2006


Sam Jones wrote:
> I'm trying to build a custom kernel under FreeBSD 6.1. I first tried
> to follow section 8.3 of the Handbook and did
>
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
>
> That didn't work, so I tried updating all of the source and did
>
> make buildworld
>
> and then repeated the previous step. That still didn't work. It keeps
> giving me the following errors:
[...]
> The Handbook is no real help on this. I had this working correctly
> under FreeBSD 6.0, but I know I used different commands. The Handbook
> has changed since then, and it removed those commands. I've included
> my kernel configuration file in case it's something wrong with that.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
Sam,
    You're missing some reference to a wireless card / wireless protocol 
in your kernel config somewhere. Could you please provide your config at 
a URL or include relevant sections of your config (wireless card, etc).
-Garrett


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