[nycbug-talk] pfSence and "make"

[Pete Wright]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:32:38AM -0400, Tim Allender wrote:
> I've never had a fbsd system that didn't have make on it.
> lol, I'm lost.
> Looking through the ports and I find "make" this and "make" that, but no 
> plain ol' "make"
> Sure I can pkg_add most things.
> But I need to build a 6 stable kernel to support my D-Link DGE-530T cards.
> I've tried the ~other~ *make(s) but they don't seem to work quite the 
> same way.
> Before I "experience the joy" of doing this:
> http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=BuildingpFSense
> I thought I'd ask on here for any tips you gents might "make".
> =D

rather than cluttering your pfsense install i'd suggest building a new
kernel on another box then installing that kernel on the pfsense
machine.  i've been doing this with FreeNAS with great success...
-pete

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