Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:20:54 -0700 From: "Kenton A. Hoover" <shibumi@lehub.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Dave Walton <walton@nordicrecords.com>, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thinkpad 770 Message-ID: <199907092120.OAA02725@miranda.lehub.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:31:05 MDT." <199907092031.OAA08692@mt.sri.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I went down this road with a PAO build once. It was possible (though not simple) to boot with the installation kernel, drop into recovery mode using the CD-ROM filesystem image, then build and install a kernel, at least under 2.2.6. However, there are some problems that got introduced with the recovery process at some point; you might do better to make a recovery floppy and boot off of that (so you can write the library cache files correctly). Good luck. P.S. Thanks Nate for the memory comment. Turned out that MAXMEM was set slightly off after all. I do the Dance of Public Humiliation... On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:31:05 MDT, Sendmail channeled Nate Williams saying: > > > > | I have not yet had a chance to get back to this problem, but when I > > > > | do... As Doug mentions, these settings are in the kernel config. Ho w am > > > > | I supposed to recompile the kernel if I can't boot the computer after > > > > | install?? > > > > > > > > I did it by pulling out the extra DIMM (mine came with 2 64M DIMMs) ... > > > > or atleast that is what I remember doing. Note I did the first install with > > > > 3.2 then I upgraded to current. > > > > > > In newer version > > > of -current (this may exist in the latest -stable release as well) you > > > can also set the maximum memory probed bia the boot manager, but this is > > > not yet in any release. > > > > > > So, you must remove some of the memory to get this working. Again, this > > > should be easier in future releases. > > > > Ugh. The 770z comes with a single 128MB card. Maybe if I cut it in half.. . > > So what now? Wait for 3.3? > > Hmmm....... Someone could build you a custom kernel, but I don't know > how you'd get it installed. If you can think of a way to install a > custom kernel, I'll build you one. > > > Nate > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > | Kenton A. Hoover | shibumi@marchordie.org | | Private Citizen | | | San Francisco, California | | |===================== http://www.shockwave.org/~shibumi ====================| | Q: How do you play religious roulette? | | A: You stand around in a circle and blaspheme and see who gets | | struck by lightning first. | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199907092120.OAA02725>