error while building the kernel

[Reggie Chang]

Hi everyone,

I would like to modify kernel parameters using
SAM. At the end, it showed

Canot build a kernel using /usr/sbin/mk_kernel.
The standard output of the command is shown below:
config : error in opening file -- /usr/conf/gen/config.sys

The command exited with exit code -71.

Any suggestion is very much appreciated.

Reggie

[Patrick Wallek]

Well, the first thing to check is that you have the referenced file on your system. If so, what are the permissions. Here is an ll of that file on my machine:

# ll /usr/conf/gen/config.sys
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 6987 Nov 14 2000 /usr/conf/gen/config.sys

[S.K. Chan]

Just in case, if it's not permission problem, check /usr/sbin/sam and see if the path /usr/ccs/bin is defined in variable PATH.

[Reggie Chang]

FYI, the result of ll is

-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 2595 Jun 10 1996 /usr/conf/gen/config.sys


Also, /usr/ccs/bin is in PATH.


Thank you.


Reggie

[Reggie Chang]

Patrick and S.K.,

Really appreciate your input.

I feel that our machine may have some problems. (It happened that sam can not be run sometimes. After logout and login, it worked again.)

The top priority task that I have is related to swap space. I'll post another message for that.

Reggie

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Reggie:

I think this thread may get a resolution started:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa206a22d6d27d5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Regards!

...JRF...

[T. M. Louah]

What kernel parm. you r modifying, I know sam has an issue modifying parms. for which the range is mistakingly set in one of the header files used by SAM.

T