From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 27 19:22:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA11361 for current-outgoing; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 19:22:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA11346 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 19:22:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA08039; Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:52:12 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971228135212.59329@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:52:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Julian Elischer Cc: Chris Timmons , Bruce Evans , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no boot: config -g and options DDB References: <19971228130040.23145@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Julian Elischer on Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 07:14:20PM -0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 07:14:20PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: >> It's useful to have the complete symbols if you're using ddb online. >> I've just tryed it on a 16 MB 486, and it works. It left 4.5 MB >> over--enough, I suppose, for the system to run. > > you're lucky > my 32Mb system has never successfully booted a full -g kernel > how big was it? -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 11008183 Dec 28 13:15 /src/RAZZIA/sys/compile/RAZZIA/kernel.gdb > if you have a test machine (even a lowely 386) > running it with the remode gdb enabled is AMAZINGLY better > especially if used with xxgdb. So tell me how to get the *(&* to run. I've been trying all morning, but there's something missing in the docco, and I haven't quite worked it out yet. Greg