Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:08:31 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: Dang-Ngoc.Tuyet-Tram@prism.uvsq.fr (Dang-Ngoc TUYET-TRAM) Cc: freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building a kernel for different machine Message-ID: <199807241108.HAA09154@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <19980723171801.A2633@gibet.prism.uvsq.fr> from Dang-Ngoc TUYET-TRAM at "Jul 23, 98 05:18:01 pm"
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Dang-Ngoc TUYET-TRAM wrote: > Hello, > > Well I thing I'm going to ask stupid questions so please don't > flame me to much ok ? > > Suppose I have 3 computers with the following characteristic > > A : bi-pentium pro with FreeBSD3.0 (19980520) > B : 486 with FreeBSD2.2.6 > C : cyrix with FreeBSD2.2.6 > > A and C work pretty well, and FreeBSD2.2.6 is installed on > B but the kernel cannot be rebuild because there is not enough > disk space on it (I must absolutely rebuild the kernel because my > NE2000 clone ethernet card cannot work without rebuilding the kernel, > right ?) . Can I build the kernel using the parameters of B Not so. If the NE2000 is using the default IRQ and IO spex, GENERIC kernel in 2.2.6 will handle it fine. Suppose you can use -c at boot to configure that NE2k card to work, if it is not at the standard location. Then you can mount some spare disk space from A or C on B via NFS, and do the compilation on B. > on machine C and then copy it to B via a Floppy disk ? Yeah, that would be easy. No problem. > And if I build the kernel on machine A and copy it to B witout > reinstalling other components, will I have B under FreeBSD3.0 ? > or won't just it work ? I think you'll have a 3 kernel and a 2.2.6 userland. This will cause grief, I think. DV -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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