Subject: Re: Compile NetBSD 1.0 kernel on NetBSD 1.5 machine
To: Haryadi Gunawi <haryadi@cs.wisc.edu>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/30/2003 17:29:28
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 11:23:18AM -0500, Haryadi Gunawi wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Currently I have NetBSD 1.5. I want to compile and run NetBSD 1.0 kernel.
> It seems to be not straighforward.
> 
> Here is what I did:
> 1. Obtaion NetBSD 1.0 kernel source (src/sys-1.0) from CVS.
> 2. Under sys-1.0/arch/i386/conf/, why there is no GENERIC configuration?
> There are only "ALL, GENERICAHA, GENERICBT, etc ...".

I think kernels were split according to whether or not you needed SCSI so
that they would be small enough to boot..

> 3. I tried to running 'config' on "ALL" so I did:
> 	% config ALL
>    and I get error message: ../../../../conf/files:3: syntax error

I think you need a NetBSD 1.0 version of config...

> 4. I tried to use "GENERIC" from NetBSD 1.5, I also get the same error.

.. and here you would be using a 1.5 GENERIC and config, with a 1.0 conf/files.


Cheers,

Patrick