From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 20:35:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E7BD1065693; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from unsam.edu.ar (mx.unsam.edu.ar [200.45.170.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230A38FC13; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:35:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar by unsam.edu.ar (MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.1.R) with ESMTP id md50010971504.msg; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:35:02 -0300 Received: from gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m98KXQq0081313; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:33:26 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: (from fernan@localhost) by gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m98KXPLI081312; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:33:25 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) X-Authentication-Warning: gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar: fernan set sender to fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar using -f Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:33:25 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20081008203325.GD77374@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mail-Followup-To: Fernan Aguero , John Baldwin , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net References: <520894aa0809301434h68b94628x54ec08fd48785feb@mail.gmail.com> <48EBDE69.1030609@delphij.net> <20081008101515.GA59675@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <200810081412.10808.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810081412.10808.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Spam-Processed: unsam-mail.unsam.edu.ar, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:35:02 -0300 (not processed: spam filter disabled) X-Return-Path: fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar X-MDAV-Processed: unsam-mail.unsam.edu.ar, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:36:18 -0300 Cc: d@delphij.net, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Fix for ServerWorks HT1000 in upcoming 7.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:35:11 -0000 > On Wednesday 08 October 2008 06:15:15 am Fernan Aguero wrote: > > > Did anyone who can trigger the data corruption has tried John's patch > > > and let us know if it worked? > > > > Not yet. My problem is that it's not that easy ... (at least > > for me, but maybe I'm missing something). > > > > The main issue for me is that I don't have a spare box > > running 7.x. All my FreeBSD boxes are running 6.x > > > > I've tried to make a new 7.1-BETA bootable ISO from the > > patched sources (make release), but failed ... this is the > > first time I've ever attempted this, and it seems that you > > cannot do that from a 6.x box (I have a full CVS mirror of > > FreeBSD, and a fresh checkout of RELENG_7). > You can just grab the existing iso, OK > untar it into a directory, OK > build your own GENERIC kernel and replace the > /boot/kernel/kernel in the iso tree, Will I be able to do this using a 7.x checkout on a 6.x box? > then use mkisofs to build a new ISO. Just be sure that > once you've installed the box, you copy the updated kernel > onto the box somehow before you reboot from the installer > (you can use the fixit shell to help with this). Gotcha. > -- > John Baldwin Fernan