Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:24:11 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> To: phils@staub.net Cc: small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PicoBSD help - dial version Message-ID: <20000808062411.5482.qmail@web5104.mail.yahoo.com>
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Thanks for your help Phil. I'll try a few things tonight. How do I go about building a new PicoBSD disk image for another release? I've had a browse trough the FTp site in the CVS section. Can I pull down non development stuff from CVS? Say I wanted to get Pico from the 3.3.6 release. How would I go about doing it? I'll be reading about how to edit and recompile the Kernel tonight in the book 'the complete FreeBSD', but I was just after some hints as to how to make a new PicoBSD. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Paul --- Phil Staub <phils@staub.net> wrote: > Hi Paul: > > I'm pretty new to PicoBSD myself, but I believe that > what you're > seeing is due to one of two possible problems. First > of all, perhaps > the changes that are being made are to the > in-memory, running OS. When > you reboot, the filesystem supporting that OS goes > away, and if the > configuration was stored there, your cofiguration > goes with it. The > other (more likely) possibility is that the > kernel.config file (which > is where your settings from the config utility are > stored) are either > not being saved, or saved in the wrong place. > > First of all, what I did is to go into the > configuration directory for > the PicoBSD model I'm using > (/usr/src/release/picobsd/net), and edit > the kernel configuration file, which is named > PICOBSD. Then when I > rebuilt, I got only the drivers, number of units, > and other settings I > specified in the config file. > > The other possibility (and what I believe *should* > have happened when > you agreed to write the configuration changes) is > that in the root > directory of the boot floppy is the file > 'kernel.config'. (Now, this > is what *I* got. I built PicoBSD from a 3.4-RELEASE > system. YMMV) On a > standard FreeBSD system this file is read to > determine how to alter > settings on a generic kernel (things like disabling > certain drivers, > changing port/irq/dma settings, etc.). The problem > is that the > /boot/defaults/loader.conf file seems to indicate > that kernel.conf is > expected to be in /boot, not /. For me, it says: > > userconfig_script_name="/boot/kernel.conf" > > If you have that file in /, try moving it to /boot > (but you'll > probably want to make sure it has something in it > first). Also, note > that /boot/defaults/loader.conf contains a line that > says: > > userconfig_script_load="NO" > > which is overridden by /boot/loader.conf by > > userconfig_script_load="YES" > > Make sure you have /boot/loader.conf, and that it > contains (at least) > that line. > > > Good Luck, > Phil > > On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 09:53:15AM +1000, Paul > Jansen wrote: > > Thanks Doug. > > > > I'm pretty sure that my configuration is not being > > saved anywhere though. Part of the problem is > saving > > my device configuration- another part is the > kernel > > config screen popping up. It's no use to me > taking > > the Kernel config screen away unless my settings > are > > saved somewhere else (and being loaded at boot > time). > > I won't be able to use my hardware otherwise! > > The PicoBSD splash screen says that the Kernel > config > > screen will come up first time. Maybe if I can > save > > my settings somehow it won't come up anymore? > > > > Cheers, > > Paul > > > > --- Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote: > > On > > Mon, 7 Aug 2000, [iso-8859-1] Paul Jansen wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone got any other ideas as to how I can > > > stop > > > > the kernel config screen coming up and specify > my > > > > configuration? > > > > > > Oh, *that* :) > > > > > > You have to rebuild the kernel on the floppy and > > > remove the > > > INTRO_USERCONFIG option. > > > > > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The > Power > > > to Serve > > > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > http://geocities.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & > NZ GeoCities > > - Build your own Web Site - for free! > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of > the message > > > > -- > Phil Staub, KE7HC > phils@staub.net > Unix: because reboots are for hardware upgrades _____________________________________________________________________________ http://geocities.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities - Build your own Web Site - for free! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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