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Date:      Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:21:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Odhiambo Washington" <wash@wananchi.com>
Subject:   Re: can't build kernel [with CONFIG this time]
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> * /dev/null <null@dnswatch.com> [20050427 12:22]: wrote:
>> Read on...
>> > * /dev/null <null@dnswatch.com> [20050427 09:27]: wrote:
>> >> Odhiambo Washington,
>> >>  Thank you for your thoughtful reply. According to the documentation
>> >> located at:
>> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html
>> >>    ...
>> >> For example:
>> >>
>> >> # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
>> >> # mkdir /root/kernels
>> >> # cp GENERIC /root/kernels/MYKERNEL
>> >> # ln -s /root/kernels/MYKERNEL
>> >>    ...
>> >> So, in case it is not yet apparent, DEMON01 is located in
>> /root/krenels
>> >> and the link is located in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf (yes I re-created
>> it
>> >> after re-installing src).
>> >>
>> >> Are we on the same page yet. ;)
>> >
>> > I have been compiling kernels for the last 8 years, so I am not gonna
>> > read the documentation again about how to do it, but as sure as day
>> > follows night, the "ln -s /root/kernels/MYKERNEL" is a useless step!
>>
>> O.K. I don't want to be argumentative here, or do I ;) But seriously, I
>> just performed surgery on a P2B-AE motherboard. What I have done is
>> simply
>> provided support for the bus speeds that the boards timer is capable of
>> providing, but that ASUS removed for SONY. This is a mobo that ASUS used
>> for in-house R&D and later sold to SONY who sent it out as a VAIO. As it
>> (the board) was the proto for the ASUS P3B-1394, I am using that BIOS
>> image as opposed to the one that SONY provided. Of course this required
>> some soldering and other witchcraft.
>
>
> I am not surprised you call yourself /dev/null ;-) Everything seems to
> end with you.
>
>
>> ANYWAY, to the point; After all this voodoo I followed the instructions
>> as described *verbatum* and it runs like a top. Built as expected, ran
>> as expected. Now this one which required *no* voodoo won't build at all!
>> SO,
>> (not to discount the value of your shared wisdom, and years of
>> experience)
>> what I intend to do, is: cd /, rm -fr . Then with 5.4-RC3 in the CDROM,
>> reboot, newfs, install, reboot and see what happens after a cvsup -g -L
>> 2
>> <src-all>, make buildworld, make buildkernel KERNCONF=CUSTKERN, make
>> installkernel KERNCONF=CUSTKERN, reboot, boot -s,
>> /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom,
>> mergmaster -p, make installworld, mergemaster, reboot, boot kernel.
>
> That sounds like a good decision, as it is bound to work unless
> something weird happened with your witchcraft.
>
>
>> Why you may ask? Because I performed a rm -fr /usr/src,
>> downloaded/unpacked
>> 5.4-RC3 src. cvsup -g -L2 <src-all>, make buildworld. And it froze again
>> before finishing. After rebooting to single user mode and performing:
>> fsck
>> -f and rebooting, then running make buildworld, it PANICED, then
>> REBOOTED,
>> and I SAID !!!ENOUGH!!!
>
> There is something wrong with that hardware, I think.

This would be my suspicion as well. The _only_ difference is the processor.
No jumper changes or anything else. Anyway, this may be a faulty processor.
A re-install as noted above should tell the tale. Hopefully, it just turns
out to be a faulty file or some such thing that the re-install cures.

> But I keep install
> CDs for 4.10 (4.11 sucks),

Thank you for your review of 4.11. Hadn't had an opprotunity to check that
out yet. Now I won't need to waste my time. :)

> 5.2.1 and 5.3-REL. Whenever one behaves
> badly, I try another.

Agreed, this is my path as well.

> If all fails, install Microshit Windows ;)

Not here. FreeBSD _replaces_ Win* here. :)

>
>
>> I hope I have been concise enough that there is no doubt or confusion on
>> any of this. :)
>
> You were. Let me know what comes up!

I will, and thanks again for following along here - agony loves company. ;)

Best wishes,
 Chris

>
>
>
>
> -Wash
>
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