IDBUILD(1M)         RISC/os Reference Manual          IDBUILD(1M)



NAME
     idbuild - build new kernel

SYNOPSYS
     /etc/conf/bin/idbuild [ -s suffix ]

DESCRIPTION
     This command builds a new system kernel.

     The following option is available:

     -s suffix
          The -s option specifies the system name suffix to be
          given the new kernel. If this option is not used, the
          default suffix is _local or _ijc_local depending on the
          machine type.

     The new kernel is built by executing make in
     /usr/src/uts/mips directory. If the make completes without
     error, the new kernel unix.rxxx_suffix will be in
     /usr/src/uts/mips.

     Once the build has finished, the file /etc/.new_unix is
     written containing the name of the newly-built kernel. The
     sysadm installpkg and removepkg commands use this file as a
     flag to determine whether or not the system needs to be
     rebooted.

     idreboot reads this file to get the name of the new kernel,
     moves the kernel from /usr/src/uts/mips to root, links it to
     /unix, removes /etc/.new_unix and bring the system down to
     init state 0.  The next time the system is started, it will
     boot the new kernel.

DIAGONSTICS
     An exit value of zero indicatess success. If an error was
     ecounterd, idbuild will exit with a non-zero value.

SEE ALSO
     idtune(1M)

ORIGIN
     Prime Computer, Inc.












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