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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



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