> The instructions for building a new kernel assume that you already have
> one running. Since there is a way to boot from a kernel on a 
> mac partition,
> I'd like to know if there is a way to build a kernel
> from MacOS? (there must be , how was the first kernel built?)

Actually, it was built under A/UX...  :-(

> I know that the IIsi version is being worked on, but I want to 
> experiment with this in the meantime.... (hey! it's a hobby!  :-)  )

If you have a lot of memory, you might be able to set up a cross
development environment with MacMiNT.  Unfortunately, it can't
use VM...

-allen

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