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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:01:06 GMT
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
Cc:        Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, qa@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cputype=486
Message-ID:  <20010312.23010600@ler-freebie.iadfw.net>
In-Reply-To: <3AAD53EA.F71920E8@cup.hp.com>
References:  <XFMail.010312124506.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3AAD394D.49597B93@cup.hp.com> <20010312.21272700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD485E.272DF239@cup.hp.com> <20010312.22211700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD53EA.F71920E8@cup.hp.com>

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 3/12/01, 4:55:38 PM, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> wrote=20
regarding Re: cputype=3D486:


> Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >
> > > No, it isn't wrong. You basicly introduce a third machine into the=

> > > equation:
> >
> > > 1. The build machine,
> > > 2. The target machine,
> > > 3. the install machine.
> >
> > > In your case 1 is incompatible with 3. We don't support that (yet?=
).
> > > Make sure your installation machine is compatible with your build
> > > machine. The best approach is to make you install machine the same=
 as
> > > your build machine and install over NFS to the target machine.
> >
> > HOW?  I always did it:
> >
> > make buildworld on the P-III
> > make buildkernel on the P-III for the 486
> > mount the /usr/src and /usr/obj for the P-III on the 486
> > cd /usr/src on the 486, make installworld
> > make installkernel
> > mergemaster
> > reboot

> Yes, and you weren't using any P-III specific compilation options
> before, right?

> > how do I do this now?

> Either:

> 1. Don't build P-III optimized code for your P-III,
> 2. Don't build on your P-III for non-pentium machines,
> 3. Build on your i486 (much like 2),
> 4. Mount the i486 root partition on you P-III and
>    do the install on your P-III.

> Ad 4: it would be nice if we had some sort of staging. That way, the
> install can be performed on the P-III. The staging area could then be
> mounted by other machines and "installed". This could be as simple as
> doing a

>       tar cf - ${STAGING_DIR} | (cd /; tar xf -)
As I said, I lose the P-III optimizations while it's a host,
or is there a variable to installworld that says ROOT is HERE...???

I think this needs to be rethought....

Or the CPUTYPE stuff needs to be removed from 4.3.=20


> --
> Marcel Moolenaar
>   mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
>   tel:  (408) 447-4222

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