Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 01:51:09 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Corey Snow <corey@snowpoint.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A (probably stupid) question Message-ID: <20020616235109.GT64435@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <3D0C90A9.3100.E085889@localhost> References: <3D0C90A9.3100.E085889@localhost>
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> From: "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:20:41 -0700
> Subject: A (probably stupid) question
> Is it possible to build a FreeBSD installation or kernel on another
> operating system and/or platform? For example, could I use my WinXP
> box and Cygwin to build a FreeBSD kernel? If I could, I wouldn't have
> to install FreeBSD as a secondary OS on my only really speedy box
> that isn't dedicated to something else, just so I can build updates
> or new kernels for my firewall boxen.
it should be possible provided a cross-compiler exists for the
platform you want to build the binaries on. I'm not sure if the
cygwin gcc port is able to cross-compile, but you can try. but I
suspect it'd be *far* more trouble than it's worth.
all you need is a very minimal FreeBSD setup after all.
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