5. Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel

Contributed by Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>.
6 October 1995.

This large section of the handbook discusses the basics of building your own custom kernel for FreeBSD. This section is appropriate for both novice system administrators and those with advanced Unix experience.

5.1. Why Build a Custom Kernel?

5.2. Building and Installing a Custom Kernel

5.3. The Configuration File

5.3.1. Mandatory Keywords

5.3.2. General Options

5.3.3. Filesystem Options

5.3.4. Basic Controllers and Devices

5.3.5. SCSI Device Support

5.3.6. Console, Bus Mouse, and X Server Support

5.3.7. Serial and Parallel Ports

5.3.8. Networking

5.3.9. Sound cards

5.3.10. Pseudo-devices

5.3.11. Joystick, PC Speaker, Miscellaneous

5.4. Making Device Nodes

5.5. If Something Goes Wrong