Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 19:44:02 -0500 From: "C. O'Donnell" <codonnell@bus.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Yessir: Re: 386 won't boot from 2.1 boot.flp Message-ID: <199603110044.TAA11455@dub-gw-1.compuserve.com>
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At 04:15 PM 3/10/96 +0200, Oleg N Panashchenko wrote: >: I am trying to upgrade a 386DX-33 w/387, 4 Mb ram, IDE drive to 2.1 > >: A kernel compiled on another machine and copied over will boot without >: problem, but a dd'ed boot.flp disk yields the message attached below. > >: 2) Not enough ram? >^^^^ Yes, you need at least 5Mb to boot from boot.flp. > boot.flp creates 1MB RAM disk (Memory File System), so you need > additional 1Mb. As I know, this should be fixed in future release. > >: 3) Since I can get a compiled kernel to boot, is there some other >: way to upgrade 2.0.5 -> 2.1 from an NFS:/cdrom without the >: using the boot.flp? > >Backup your 2.0.5 /etc directory and run install.sh, which is located near >bindist. Either from CD or any other mounted filesystem >This is possible at 4Mb machine. > >Then restore your /etc. Or (better) recall your changes in /etc/* >and add them manually to new /etc. > >Of course, if you changed something in /bin /sbin /usr/bin and other >system-util dirs, you need to backup and restore (recompile?) them too. > >Oleg > Oleg, Yessir, you are correct sir. This worked perfectly. I mounted NFS:/cdrom -> /mnt and ran /mnt/dists/bin/install.sh Some manual config necessary, but that's no problem. Thanks again! Chuck
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