Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 16:43:23 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Carlos C. Tapang" <ctapang@easystreet.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aout-to-elf and bootblocks Success Message-ID: <199901040043.QAA08542@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:40:29 PST." <004001be3783$35dcf870$0d787880@apex.tapang>
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> >1. Upgrade to the latest -current > > cvsup > > make world > > Note: I used make -DNOGAMES -DNOPERL world to save time and > > to get around a missing gv.h. I will look for this > > when I do the last make world. > > Another note: make sure you already have Perl installed. If you don't, and > you use NOPERL, then compilation of ficl fails. We've had requests to deal with this; I'm trying to come up with a workaround, as there are a couple of places at the moment where the bootstrap really needs Perl around (generating the helpfile is another one). > >6. build a new kernel and install it > > cd /sys/compile/<kernel name> > > make clean > > make KERNFORMAT=elf depend > > make KERNFORMAT=elf > > mv kernel kernel.elf > > install -c -m 555 -o root -g wheel -fschg kernel.elf / > > My kernel would not fit in a floppy, so I could not test this first using a > floppy. But I was able to try the 3 stage boot using boot/loader. The loader will happily load a 'kernel.gz' file if asked to boot 'kernel' and the latter doesn't exist. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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