create USB installer with patched kernel

[Max Herrgard]

If you already have a dragonfly system installed, build the kernel there,
mount the img and copy kernel over.

Cheers,
Max

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 2:15 AM 0x70b1 at web.de <0x70b1 at web.de> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> basically, what I want to achieve is making a USB installer of
> DragonFlyBSD 5.2.2 with a patched kernel.
>
> I tried the following:
>
> 1. download the official installer image (dfly-x86_64-5.2.2.img)
> 2. mount the image and copy the content of its second partition (the base
> system)
> 3. cd into the extracted base system and fetch the source tree
> 4. apply the patches
> 5. now I thought I could just rebuild and install the kernel and create an
> image again afterwards which I could then make an installer USB from. that
> didn't work because I couldn't even make nativekernel, buildkernel,
> buildworld etc.
>
> I doubt this was the right way to do it..
>
> how can I create a DragonFlyBSD USB installer with a patched kernel?
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> best regards,
> Tobi
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