Re: PR kernel/1501 and custom boot disk

[eric jackson <shinobi@monkey.org>]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Panon, Paul-Andre wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to rebuild a kernel with a patch to workaround PR kernel/1501
> and install OpenBSD 2.8 on a pair of HP NetServer LPr PIII/750 systems. I
> rebuilt a GENERIC kernel  with a patched ncr.c on a different machine and it
> seems to work on that machine but the patch isn't being exercised since that
> machine doesn't have an NCR853C895 like the HPs do.
> 
> So I now want to try to install OpenBSD with the patch. I tried to use the
> RAMDISK kernel configuration to rebuild the kernel but I still seem to be
> getting a 3+ MB kernel file. I was hoping to follow the approach suggested
> by Erich
>  in http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0008/msg00205.html but Theo's
> reply ( http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0008/msg00206.html)
> worries me a little :-)
> Just what exactly do I need to do create a new boot floppy to work around
> this bug?
> 
> I can submit my patch, but I am just hiding the error message in that
> special error condition (i.e. I don't really understand SCSI enough to
> figure out what the correct behaviour should be) so the patch wouldn't be
> maintainable.
> 
> I just need to get OpenBSD loaded on these systems. Can somebody please give
> me offer some pointers or suggestions? Installing to an IDE drive and then
> copying the partition is not an acceptable option.


Use one of the snapshot floppies to install the real release.


				Eric Jackson


> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Paul-Andre Panon
>