Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:08:31 -0500 (EST) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: <jkh@freebsd.org>, <cvs-all@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101150904460.3487-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <200101142335.f0ENZbQ92706@mobile.wemm.org>
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Peter Wemm wrote: >Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> > It would be trivial to add i386 to the install kernel, and >> > probably worthwhile. >> >> Both the installation AND the bindist kernel, right? Otherwise you >> could install, but you wouldn't be able to boot the installed system. >> That basically argues for putting it back into GENERIC, which >> is (I believe) the item in contention here. > >If somebody wants to make an i386-capable installation, what we should do >is something like this: > >1: have a boot floppy with an i386 specific kernel. That means no PCI, no > pci drivers, more of the older ISA drivers reactivated, kernel tuned > down for low memory, etc. >2: Have the bindist have a kernel.i386 or something that is built similarly. >3: Have sysinstall "activate" the kernel.i386 instead of kernel.GENERIC > >Then installing on an i386 becomes a matter of booting a different set >of floppies (remember, no CDROM boot support on i386 and most i486), and >letting sysinstall detect the i386 support and set the boot kernel on >the installed system appropriately. > >Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au But its simpler for us than that. Plop 386 support in the install kernel and document that users wanting to install 5.0 on 386 systems must install kernel source and compile a slightly custom kernel before rebooting. Its fairly easy to do if you know how to compile a kernel at all, and you will have a system containing at least bin+ssys to work with at the prompt. I had to do it 4 years ago when FreeBSD didn't have dpt enabled in GENERIC yet, but a dpt-enabled install floppy was available. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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