From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 3 8:53:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from speedy.rtfm.com (unknown [208.217.207.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9455314C90 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 08:53:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ekr@romeo.rtfm.com) Received: from romeo.rtfm.com (romeo.rtfm.com [208.217.207.82]) by speedy.rtfm.com (8.9.1/8.6.4) with ESMTP id IAA06820 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 08:51:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from romeo.rtfm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by romeo.rtfm.com (8.9.2/8.6.4) with ESMTP id IAA07364 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 08:51:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199904031651.IAA07364@romeo.rtfm.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3C589ET/Boot floppies Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 08:51:21 -0800 From: Eric Rescorla Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm trying to do a 3.1 install on my new Vaio 505TX. I'm using a 3C589ET because that's what Frys had. To my surprise, the kernel on boot.flp doesn't recognize it. I suspect that the Card Info has changed. I.e. it probably says "Megahertz" instead of 3COM or something like that. Anyway, I'd like to build a custom boot kernel so I can figure out what's going on, but it's not at all obvious how to do it. The README for the distribution claims that: One positive side-effect of this new organizational scheme, however, is that it also allows one to easily make one's own kern or MFS floppies should a need to customize some aspect of the installation process or use a custom kernel for an otherwise unsupported piece of hardware arise. But it's still not obvious how to do it. Attempts to "make boot.flp" in /usr/src/release met with a bunch of errors from keymaps about undeclared initializers in keymap.h. So, I have two questions: 1. Has anyone gotten a 3C589ET to work. If so, what did you do and can you send me/point me to a boot floppy? 2. Is there a fairly quick way to make one's own kernel floppies so I can debug this problem? Thanks in advance, -Ekr [Eric Rescorla ekr@rtfm.com] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message