From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 10 04:40:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA09869 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 04:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from birdland.rhein-neckar.de (birdland.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.88.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA09787 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 04:38:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (bsd@localhost) by birdland.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id NAA00837; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:34:54 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:34:54 +0100 (MET) From: BSD Mailinglisten-User To: Doug White cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to create bootfloppies with custom kernel? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > > How can I put a custom kernel on a boot-floppy? > > You need a working system to do this, and it's not very fun, and if > GENERIC can't find it then it's not likely that nothing else will either > since EISA devices are auto-probed. Well, the 2.1.0R GENERIC found the controller, but not 2.1.0 stable... I asked in this list and got the answer, that a constant in /usr/src/sys/i386/eisa/eisaconf.h got changed. I changed it back, and now it boots (and runs for several months now...). Unfortunately, I can't install this machines using bootfloppies >2.1.0R, and that's no fun either. I'd have to install 2.1.0R first and upgrade it to whatever, then change this constant back, make a new kernel etc... I would rather save the time for this. So I'm still looking for a way to roll my own bootfloppies (from 2.1.6.1) with this patched GENERIC. Martin | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: maja@birdland.rhein-neckar.de | | Voice: +49 621/53 95 06 Fax: +49 621/53 95 07 | | Snail Mail: Koenigsbacher Str. 16 D-67067 Ludwigshafen Germany | | RNInet e.V. Rhein-Neckar Internet |