Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 12:21:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: peter@netplex.com.au, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make aout-to-elf failures (from 2.2.7-RELEASE to -current ELF) Message-ID: <199901032021.MAA07058@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:08:35 PST." <199901030408.UAA44371@ix.netcom.com>
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> I have a -current system that just completed an aout 'make world' from > sources of about 19990102 1400 PST. Is this the SMP system you were holding back with? If so, I'm very happy to hear it came through alright. At this phase, I would be strongly recommending that you look at migrating to ELF. There's a very succinct and AFAIK still accurate description of the process at the top of src/Makefile, which hopefully should answer any questions you have on this topic. > I am in the midst of updating the bootblocks. I have two SCSI disks, > da0 is WINNT and da1 is -current. I am currently using OS-BS. I am > reading in the archives, attempting to upgrade. So far, I have > backed-up and made new boot and fixit floppies. Note that you can refrain from updating the bootblocks until you convert to an ELF kernel; before that point there's no need to convert. > I found in the archives: > > cp /usr/mdec/boot? /boot Aigh! I don't know where you got that one from, but definitely don't do that. /boot is populated directly by an ELF 'make world'. > echo '/boot/loader' > /boot.config > disklabel -B bootdevices > > Also a reference to make in /sys/boot. > > Will 'make && make install' in /sys/boot do all that is needed? Not in an a.out world. Once you have completed the a.out to ELF conversion, /boot will be correctly populated. > Any pointers to doc's on upgrade the bootblocks? There have been some succinct descriptions past here on -current in the last day or so; if in doubt, listen to everything that Robert Nordier has had to say. He wrote the replacement boot0/1/2 modules as well as the really nasty bits of the loader, and can generally be counted on to be right about what's going on. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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