From owner-freebsd-small Wed Oct 20 17:54:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from c004.sfo.cp.net (c004-h018.c004.sfo.cp.net [209.228.14.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8C2814DE1 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:54:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from multios@pctechnician.net) Received: (cpmta 4265 invoked from network); 20 Oct 1999 17:54:13 -0700 Date: 20 Oct 1999 17:54:13 -0700 Message-ID: <19991021005413.4264.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> X-Sent: 21 Oct 1999 00:54:13 GMT Received: from [209.165.150.115] by mail.pctechnician.net with HTTP; 20 Oct 1999 17:54:13 PDT Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 To: markv@pixar.com From: Michael Endsley Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: Web Mail 3.1 Subject: Re: Pico won't boot Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry for the long delay. How can I rebuild the kernel when it won't finish booting in the first place? I haven't looked since I had the problem, but can the kernel be configured before trying to "load" it? Thanks, Mike On Mon, 11 October 1999, "Mark VandeWettering" wrote: > In-Reply-To: Michael Endsley > "Pico won't boot" (Sep 22, 11:26pm) > Subject: Re: Pico won't boot > References: <19990923062603.5542.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> > To: Michael Endsley , freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG > Delivered-To: pctechnician.net%multios@pctechnician.net > From: "Mark VandeWettering" > Received: (cpmta 25646 invoked from network); 11 Oct 1999 13:27:17 -0700 > from pixar.pixar.com (HELO pixar.com) (138.72.10.20) > by smtp.c004-mx000.c004.sfo.cp.net with SMTP; 11 Oct 1999 13:27:17 -0700 > from omnipotus.pixar.com (omnipotus.pixar.com [138.72.40.61]) > by pixar.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id NAA28276; > Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:27:25 -0700 (PDT) > by omnipotus.pixar.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) > id m11am2N-00IEcjC; Mon, 11 Oct 99 13:27 PDT > Content-Length: 437 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Return-Path: > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Reply-To: markv@pixar.com > X-Received: 11 Oct 1999 20:27:17 GMT > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:27:15 -0700 > Message-Id: <9910111327.ZM227614@omnipotus> > X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) > > > Umm, just a guess, but many of the picobsd builds don't have floating point > emulation code compiled into them (presumably to save space). That's probably > what the npx0 message you listed was saying. > > Try commenting the floating point emulation line in the kernal config, > rebuilding, and seeing if that works. > > Mark > > -- > Mark T. VandeWettering Telescope Information (and more) > Email: http://www.idle.com/~markv/ I have and run the following: OS/2 Warp 3 & 4 Linux (Debian 2.1 and Redhat 5.2) FreeBSD 3.0 & 2.21 Windows 3.1 95 & 98 Amiga 500 & 4000 If that can't keep a person confused then nothing can! :) _______________________________________________________ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message