On Wed, 13 May 1998 17:41:17 +1000 
 matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> wrote:

 > 
 >    Is it possible to build a kernel when /usr/src is mounted read-only?
 >    
 >    Is there a mechanism to make a kernel in /usr/obj?
 > 
 > 
 > i'm not sure if this really answers you question (ie, RO /usr/src), but i
 > use this to build kernels on machines that don't have /sys locally, but i'd
 > rather build on local disks:
 > 
 > cd /sys/arch/pmax/conf; config -b /orb/p/_aubrey-ii_ -s /sys _aubrey-ii_
 > 
 > which will build my pmax kernel in /orb/p/_aubrey-ii_, while looking for
 > sources in /sys.  someone added the -b/-s switches about a year or so ago.

You can put directives in the kernel config files, too... I forget
exactly what they are, however.

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