From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 27 8:17: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB6A37B401 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (whale.sunbay.crimea.ua [212.110.138.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A43B843FCB for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:16:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (root@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Sunbay) with SMTP id h1RGGpen092751 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:16:51 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (ru@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Sunbay) with ESMTP id h1RGGmHR092733 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:16:51 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1RGGeeF092724; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:16:40 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:16:40 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Terry Lambert Cc: Bill Blum , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Volunteer with genuine i386 cpu & lots of time wanted. Message-ID: <20030227161640.GD88361@sunbay.com> References: <001001c2de59$e0544570$a74573d1@SPONGEBOB> <3E5E27CF.FD1802E4@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E5E27CF.FD1802E4@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:59:27AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Bill Blum wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 23:13:18 +0100 > > > From: Poul-Henning Kamp > > > Subject: Volunteer with genuine i386 cpu & lots of time wanted. > > > > > > Is there anybody out there who can try to run a straight -current > > > on a _real_ i386 class CPU ? > >=20 > > ... the install of 5.0-RELEASE dies horribly on the 386 box I have... w= ill > > swap out with another 386 on Friday. > >=20 > > I'm currently downloading -CURRENT, and will try to get it running over > > spring break (2 weeks away.) > > I'll let you know how it goes. >=20 > You will need to build your own ISO. The default 5.x distribution > does not contain i386 support in the GENERIC config file. Sorry if > Poul wasn't clear on what he was actually asking for... it's bigger > than it appears at first glance. >=20 Uh no. Install the minimal 4.x, which supports the i386, then stack the 5.0 kernel with ``cpu I386_CPU'', then manually install 5.0 distributions (base, etc.) under this kernel. 5.0 binaries (though optimized for 486), will run perfectly on 386. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+XjnoUkv4P6juNwoRAlhpAJwMgKdYnao/wkZdQE9uisHgwT5PygCfYEdi IPiAPdLJdHHqoL4zT+Unb8I= =1srj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message