config(8) out of sync with source

[William O'Higgins]

>> >> Your version of config(8) is out of sync with your kernel source.
>> >
>> >Did you follow the procedure out of the handbook?
>> >
>> ># cvsup
>> ># make buildworld
>> ># cd /usr/src
>> ># make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
>> ># make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
>> ># make installworld
>> 
>> I hadn't used that method, because I was unsure of the results, and the
>> procedure in the Handbook is more extensive than I had time for.
>> 
>> My reticence was well founded, since when I followed the above procedure
>> it rendered the computer non-bootable.
>
>If you followed the above steps and everything completed successfully
>then that should not occur, but without more details it's impossible
>to tell what went wrong on your system.

The above steps did not complete successfully.  Rather a lot seemed to
go wrong.  Since there has been a format and reinstall since then, there
is little value in diagnostics.  Thanks though.
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yours,

William