From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 15:18:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D13A16A409 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:18:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F08913C481 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:18:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (obsolete.xs4all.nl [82.95.250.254]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6GFI46n076371; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:18:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l6GFI4XH008745; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:18:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id l6GFI4tY008744; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:18:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:18:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Thomas Laus Message-ID: <20070716151804.GA8713@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <469B48F8.28247.E00D79@lausts.acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <469B48F8.28247.E00D79@lausts.acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross-Building Alpha on i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:18:09 -0000 On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:31:20AM -0400, Thomas Laus wrote.. > Group: > > Since RELENG_4 is has lost support, I wanted to install something from the > RELENG_6 tree. I installed the latest .iso (RELENG_6_2) that was on the > mirrors, but the libpam libraries had problems. The library libpam.so.3 was > missing on my system and even root can not login after installation. > > ============ > I changed the `TARGET_ARCH=alpha & TARGET=alpha' in the script as well as the > location of enough filespace to build the system. The result was an un- > bootable cdrom. Is there a script that the Release Team uses that might be a > little better for me to use? Are the mkisofs switches correct for the Alpha > architecture? Since my AlphaStation is a lot slower than my PC's in the i386 Did you run setcdboot on the ISO before burning it on CD? If you don't it won't be bootable. Can't comment on how well X-building works in x86, I always built natively on Alpha. > family, I would prefer to update by cross-compiling binaries instead of > building on my Alpha. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org