From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 13:14:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8CB16A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 13:14:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from seaholm.caamora.com.au (seaholm.caamora.com.au [203.7.226.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6454943D31 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 13:14:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by seaholm.caamora.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id i08LE8F08880; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:14:08 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <20040109081408.08548@caamora.com.au> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:14:08 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Subject: cross compiling freebsd for target intel platform other than pentium X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:14:20 -0000 greetings all, my hopes for a good year and best wishes to all who congregate here abouts. i'm not sure if this is the best place to discuss this topic as i would like some information about taking a -stable or most likely a -release edition off of teh cd and installing it on teh host and then to bump it up to -security edition while 'cross compiling' the whole box and dice for the two production hosts (both of which are intel, supermicro sourced motherboards off almost extreme vintage with 16 mb dram and a couple of scsi hard drives hung off of an adaptec aha-1542b. both of these machines have been running reliably for some 12 to 15 years and as routers they do a superb job and i see no currently viable reason to throw them out. i have always been afraid of compilers (several severe mistakes in my former life as a systems analyst that cost a lot of self-esteem credit points that i am now getting over, thankfully). i know very littly about c and gcc toolkits, i've been intimidated by teh whole program/compiler mystique. some down to earth de-mystifying (especially of teh way freebsd makes use of its make/makefile etc) would be muchly appreciated as well. i have tried to follow the documentation in teh handbook, i seem to fail in the understaniding department (this happened to me all through my school experience as well, i have difficulty with teh written word any words of wisdom, help and or guidance would be most appreciatively accepted -- ================================================================ powered by .. QNX, OS9 and freeBSD -- http://caamora com au/operating system ==== === appropriate solution in an inappropriate world === ====