Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:55:38 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, qa@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cputype=486 Message-ID: <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>
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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 -) -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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