From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 3 16:46:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01751 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:46:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles317.castles.com [208.214.167.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01745 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:46:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08542; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:43:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901040043.QAA08542@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Carlos C. Tapang" cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aout-to-elf and bootblocks Success In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:40:29 PST." <004001be3783$35dcf870$0d787880@apex.tapang> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 16:43:23 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >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/ > > 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