From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 10 12:26:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA00514 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:26:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id MAA00509 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:26:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA00875; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:26:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:26:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: BSD Mailinglisten-User 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 Fri, 10 Jan 1997, BSD Mailinglisten-User wrote: > 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. I understand. > So I'm still looking for a way to roll my own bootfloppies (from 2.1.6.1) > with this patched GENERIC. Unfortunately this is a rather convoluted process. Check the mail archives and/or contact Jordan at jkh@freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major