config(8) out of sync with source

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Wed Dec 3 20:18:21 PST 2003


On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 10:58:00PM -0500, William O'Higgins wrote:
> >> 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.

Kris
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