Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:00:55 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: d@delphij.net, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Fix for ServerWorks HT1000 in upcoming 7.1? Message-ID: <200810081700.55729.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20081008203325.GD77374@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <520894aa0809301434h68b94628x54ec08fd48785feb@mail.gmail.com> <200810081412.10808.jhb@freebsd.org> <20081008203325.GD77374@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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On Wednesday 08 October 2008 04:33:25 pm Fernan Aguero wrote: > > 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? You can use 'make kernel-toolchain' followed by 'make buildkernel' on a 6.x box to build a 7.x kernel though. -- John Baldwin
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