Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:03:45 +0200 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: last known 4-.x-RELEASE where PicoBSD can be built Message-ID: <200602211403.45385.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20060221035032.A61687@xorpc.icir.org> References: <200602211006.45764.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <200602211211.44600.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <20060221035032.A61687@xorpc.icir.org>
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On Tuesday 21 February 2006 13:50, you wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 12:11:44PM +0200, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 10:42, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:06:45AM +0200, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I tried to build PicoBSD using sources from RELENG_4 on a > > > > 4.10-RELEASE-p5 system and it failed. I (think|know) it's working > > > > again on RELENG_6, but I want to use 4.x branch. So, which > > > > sources should I get to build it? > > > > > > if you take the script that i recently committed to -current > > > and -stable (/usr/src/release/picobsd/build/picobsd) > > > it should work also with 4.x sources > > > > > > it relies on ports/sysutils/makefs to build > > > the file system image without the need for > > > root permissions > > > > > > one thing you might have to do is increase the fd_size > > > to 2880 (in the imagename/config file) due to > > > increased code size > > > > I still have problems(might as well be the lack of experience though). > > I will try to build one based on 6-STABLE, which is known to work and > > try using 4.x sources then. I'll post again in a few days. > > if you want to post me the error messages you get i am > willing to help. I will do that Luigi, since PicoBSD is for small devices and FreeBSD-4 has by far the features you could want from such a device. Unbreaking it will be nice... But, I have no time right now, I'll post in a couple of days... > remember that on 4.x you cannot build a 6.x or above. > > cheers > luigi
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