Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:15:42 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problems creating 4.4-alpha test/release cdrom Message-ID: <20010807201542.B910@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3B6FA40E.A2E374EB@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:17:18AM -0700 References: <20010807003655.A3077@freebie.xs4all.nl> <XFMail.010806154638.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20010807080512.B4408@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3B6FA40E.A2E374EB@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:17:18AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > Can you do 'load /kernel' (Note the /) and then boot? > > > > k load kernel > > don't know how to load module '/kernel.ko' > > ok load /kernel > > don't know how to load module '/kernel.ko' > > > > > If so, does 'boot /kernel' work as well? > > > > ok boot /kernel > > don't know how to load module '/kernel.ko' > > You are running the evil boot loader. I'm not running anything evil: I've done a plain make release on RELENG_4. The resultant cdrom/disc1 tree should be suitable for mkisofs-ing. If not, make release is broken. > Your kernel needs to be installed as /boot/kernel/kernel.ko, > I think. > > I really hate that boot loader change. > > If your kernel is really in /, try "/KERNEL" instead. That won't work either, and the CD should be bootable without tweaking anyway. > I also think you might want to add rock-ridge to the > ISOFS image. I think the problem you are seeing is due /usr/share/examples/worm/makecdfs.sh does include the option to create RR. Testament to that is the fact that the same CD is has lowercase & long filenames when mounted on a FreeBSD box. > to the Alpha boot not doing the same thing that the x86 > boot does (fake up a RAM-disk floppy image, from which > the /kernel in the image is loaded, and the resulting > system then understands rock-ridge). I don't think that > anything short of doing this is going to get you booted > very easily... though an obvious quick hack would be to > case fold everything to upper case, which would be enough > to get your kernel loaded. > > -- Terry ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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