under /usr/src/sys or /sys the following dir are related to /sys -- arch/conf (arch: i386 amd64 ...) cp GENERIC MYKERNEL /usr/sbin/config NEW cd ../compile/NEW make depend; make # compile kernel (nanoBSD need this, but not make install) make install # install kernel (note: if only you want to install into VM, nanoBSD does NOT need to do this)