Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:01:06 GMT From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, qa@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cputype=486 Message-ID: <20010312.23010600@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <3AAD53EA.F71920E8@cup.hp.com> References: <XFMail.010312124506.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3AAD394D.49597B93@cup.hp.com> <20010312.21272700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD485E.272DF239@cup.hp.com> <20010312.22211700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD53EA.F71920E8@cup.hp.com>
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On 3/12/01, 4:55:38 PM, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> wrote
regarding Re: cputype=486:
> Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >
> > > No, it isn't wrong. You basicly introduce a third machine into the
> > > equation:
> >
> > > 1. The build machine,
> > > 2. The target machine,
> > > 3. the install machine.
> >
> > > In your case 1 is incompatible with 3. We don't support that (yet?).
> > > Make sure your installation machine is compatible with your build
> > > machine. The best approach is to make you install machine the same as
> > > your build machine and install over NFS to the target machine.
> >
> > HOW? I always did it:
> >
> > make buildworld on the P-III
> > make buildkernel on the P-III for the 486
> > mount the /usr/src and /usr/obj for the P-III on the 486
> > cd /usr/src on the 486, make installworld
> > make installkernel
> > mergemaster
> > reboot
> Yes, and you weren't using any P-III specific compilation options
> before, right?
> > how do I do this now?
> Either:
> 1. Don't build P-III optimized code for your P-III,
> 2. Don't build on your P-III for non-pentium machines,
> 3. Build on your i486 (much like 2),
> 4. Mount the i486 root partition on you P-III and
> do the install on your P-III.
> Ad 4: it would be nice if we had some sort of staging. That way, the
> install can be performed on the P-III. The staging area could then be
> mounted by other machines and "installed". This could be as simple as
> doing a
> tar cf - ${STAGING_DIR} | (cd /; tar xf -)
As I said, I lose the P-III optimizations while it's a host,
or is there a variable to installworld that says ROOT is HERE...???
I think this needs to be rethought....
Or the CPUTYPE stuff needs to be removed from 4.3.
> --
> Marcel Moolenaar
> mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
> tel: (408) 447-4222
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