Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:56:11 -0700 (PDT) From: papowell@astart4.astart.com To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Cc: papowell@astart4.astart.com Subject: Need help with FreeBSD 3.1 - problems Message-ID: <199904270356.UAA21200@astart4.astart.com>
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Let me start with an aside on this. A couple of months ago
I was given a demonstration of the picobsd floppy for network,
and was surprised at how much it had. It was cool.
Neat. Nifty.
So, suddenly (Monday, 8:00 AM) I have been shoved into the
horrible position of needing to regenerate and make such a floppy,
but this time with some UGLY drivers in it. By Friday.
No problem - I just cd /usr/src/release/picobsd and do the
cd build
sh build
- run the script, get the stuff working, THEN
use my already working kernel - no sweat.
<Whimper>
the build dies several horrible deaths - this is NOT what
I expected with FreeBSD...
</Whimper>
I yank the phone out of the wall, stoke up on coffee,
painkillers, and cancel my appointment to have my teeth worked on.
(Perhaps there is a bright side to this.)
Use the brutal diagnostic techniques I am infamous for,
i.e. - tracing each and every step of the Make and Shell scripts
I make the following incredible discoveries.
1. stage 1 references /usr/mdec/boot0, etc etc.
This is not there any more... it now appears to be /boot/boot0,
etc. So I use /boot/boot0
2. During stage2, crunchgen is used to extract the object files
for /usr/src/usr.sbin/ppp
it fails to get the chap_MS.o object, and during the
crunch build you get a missing file.
No problem. I can live without ppp.
3. During stage3, we get references to /usr/mdec/boot0,
which we know about....
and suddenly we have:
dd if=/usr/mdec/boot1 of=picobsd.bin conv=notrunc 2> /dev/null
disklabel -Brw -b /usr/mdec/fdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootfd \
/dev/rvn0 fd1440 2>&1 >/ dev/null
Ummm... /usr/mdec/fdboot does not exist, /usr/mdec/bootfd does not
exist... Sigh...
<Moan>
The Distribution HAD this stuff, it uses it. What the &*()(*&*()
is going on?
</Moan>
I discover that the /usr/src/release/Makefile is truly a
MFH (Makefile From Hell).
I fight my way through, slaying princesses, flaming toads,
and watering dragons (you know what I mean)...
To suddenly discover that
THEY DON'T USE THE SAME METHOD TO BUILD THE FLOPPY
<Whimper>
This is from the Necrocommunicomnicon... I mean the Makefile...
</Whimper>
Here is where I threw in the probverbial towel.
/usr/src/Makefile:
# Now, just to get this picture down once and for all:
#
# +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
# |boot.flp |
# +-----+-----+------------------------------------------------------------+
# |boot1|boot2|floppy filesystem "bootfd" |
# +-----+-----+-+--------------------------------------------------------+-+
# |kernel |
# +------------+-----------------------------------------+-+
# |mfs filesystem "mfsfd" |
# +-----------------------------------------+
#
**** OK, This I understand ****
release.8: write_mfs_in_kernel dumpnlist
rm -rf ${RD}/mfsfd
mkdir ${RD}/mfsfd
cd ${RD}/mfsfd && \
mkdir -p etc dev mnt stand/help
@cd ${.CURDIR} && $(MAKE) installCRUNCH CRUNCH=boot \
DIR=${RD}/mfsfd/stand ZIP=false
( cd ${RD}/trees/bin/dev && \
ls console tty ttyv0 ttyv1 ttyv2 ttyv3 null zero | \
cpio -dump ${RD}/mfsfd/dev )
**** and a lot of stuff, where they put files lovingly in place ***
But they never seem to GENERATE THE BOOT floppy.
******************************
** OFFER **
******************************
If somebody can help me out with this in the next couple of days,
I will personally give them
A. BSD Daemon Tshirt by Phil Foglio, the fellow who did the
first daemon.
Ummm.... OK OK, so it will be one of a couple of HUNDRED
we will be giving away, but it is still a T shirt.
B. A Free Dinner at the next USENIX and/or LISA Conference.
And yes, you can bring a couple of buddies along as well.
C. A free LPRng print spooler CD. Printer not included.
Sigh...
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
papowell@astart.com 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 619-874-6543 FAX 619-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com)
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