Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 04:15:24 +0100 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>, zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <19991107041524.C59629@saturn.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <199911061930.LAA63148@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <19991106195218.A46653@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <199911061930.LAA63148@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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Once again i forgot something, sorry... On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 11:30:39AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > I forgot: > > > > On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 08:34:07AM -0500, Matt Behrens wrote: > > > > > I definitely agree. Maybe there should even be a Makefile option > > > while building a kernel to put it on a mounted floppy instead of > > > always putting it in / when install is called. (``make KERNTARGET=/mnt > > > install''?) > > > > make install DESTDIR=/mnt > > This has bugs in it, it flobbs with /var/db/kvm_kernel.db and should > not do any of that stuff unless DESTDIR is null or / or / equiv. And to go on a floppy a kernel also needs to be objcopy -g 'd if its built with -g and usually(?) it needs to be gzipped too. So the DESTDIR alone still won't do it in many cases even if this is fixed. i guess we need a new target... Regards, -- Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> (remove dot foo from address to reply) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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