8.0RC custom kernel not installing?

LoH lordofhyphens at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 02:27:43 UTC 2009


Problem solved, I didn't use the proper casing on the command line. I 
needed KERNCONF=ZFS, not kernconf=ZFS.

LoH wrote:
> I compiled a custom kernel with ZFS enabled and installed it. 
> Everything appeared to work fine, then I realized that I needed to 
> make some more modifications (ALTQ, disabling ulpt). I made those 
> configuration changes to the existing ZFS kernel config.
>
> After running
> make buildkernel kernconf=ZFS
> and
> make installkernel kernconf=ZFS
>
> (ZFS is the name of the kernel config file)
> I rebooted the machine but didn't see any change in the system config. 
> I've also made sure I did the build/install as root.
>
> I doubled-checked the config in the kernel directory, the config is 
> properly done.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --Joseph
>



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