Compile custom kernel on another machine

M

magicwindmill

Hi all,

I have a few identical FreeBSD 7.2 Guest virtual machines (using VirtualBox) and I am trying to compile a custom kernel on one and then move that kernel over to the identical machines. I installed the src files on the build machine and my custom kernel builds/installs successfully and works fine on that machine. My problem is that I don't know how to correctly move the kernel over to the other machines... I tried moving over the /boot/kernel files but the kernel won't boot failing when it tries to load the acpi module. Can anybody give me the correct procedure to do this? I appreciate the help!

Thanks
 
The simplest way to do it is to NFS export /usr/src and /usr/obj (both can be exported read-only). Then mount those on the other machines and do a installkernel and/or installworld there.
 
another option is to use rsync to push file from build to target server:
Code: 
rsync -av /usr/src root@server1:/usr/src
rsync -av /usr/obj root@server2:/usr/obj
...
etc

I think rsync is not installed by default but nfs client and server exits in base. So SirDice method is quite good, IMHO.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top