cyber@ono-sendai.com wrote:

> Excellent work!

Thanks :-)

> I'd like to get this submitted as a pullup request to the netbsd-4
> branch, but I'm 3000 miles from home.  I'll submit the request when I
> get back in a week if no-one beats me to it.  [;-)

There are some minor tweaks in my working sources, so
I'll commit changes tomorrow, then send pullup a request later.

Note some kernel sources (autoconf.c and machdep.c) should
also be updated.

> They probably won't accept it for 4.0, but it should be in 4.1.

Next, today I've been playing on updating Dennis' new
restorecd script (which was written for 3.99.17)
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cobalt/2006/04/01/0000.html
to 4.0_RC3.

It also consumed another set of ~six hours due to mysterious
fdisk(8) behavior etc., but I've managed to get it.

I've put a new restorecd tar archive here:
http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~tsutsui/netbsd/restorecd-20071028.tar.gz

and I've also updated README "how to create restorecd.iso image"
from scratch (not how to install NetBSD ;-):


--- restorecd/README ---

Typical 'restorecd' script invocation:

0. fetch and extract newer restorecd-*.tar.gz

% ftp http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~tsutsui/netbsd/restorecd-20071028.tar.gz
    (or from appropriate server)
% tar zxf restorecd-20071028.tar.gz
% cd restorecd

1. read data/i386/root/instructions.txt first

2. fetch NetBSD binaries and sources (for i386 and cobalt) into download dir

% rsync -va --files-from=restorecd-fetch.lst \
    rsync://rsync.netbsd.org/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200710260002Z/ download

3. fetch and extract e2fsprogs package binary

% (cd download ; \
    ftp ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/mipsel/3.0_2006Q4/sysutils/e2fsprogs-1.32.tgz)
% tar -C data/cobalt/usr/pkg -zxf download/e2fsprogs-1.32.tgz sbin/mke2fs

4. extract NetBSD sources

% tar zxf download/source/sets/gnusrc.tgz
% tar zxf download/source/sets/sharesrc.tgz
% tar zxf download/source/sets/src.tgz
% tar zxf download/source/sets/syssrc.tgz

4a. fetch new bootloader binary (until it's pulled up to netbsd-4)

% (cd download; \
    ftp http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~tsutsui/netbsd/boot-cobalt-20071028.gz)
% mkdir usr/mdec
% zcat download/boot-cobalt-20071028.gz > usr/mdec/boot
% gunzip download/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tgz
% tar rf download/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tar ./usr/mdec/boot
% gzip download/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tar && \
    mv download/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tar.gz \
    download/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tgz

4b. fetch patched cobalt GENERIC kernel which recognizes boot device tlp0
    (until it's pulled up to netbsd-4)

% (cd download; ftp \
  http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~tsutsui/netbsd/netbsd-GENERIC-cobalt-20071028.gz)
% cp download/netbsd-GENERIC-cobalt-20071028.gz \
    download/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz

 Or if you want to build a GENERIC kernel by yourself (for newer RC),
 use the following patch to build it from sources:

 % (cd download; ftp \
  http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~tsutsui/netbsd/cobalt-netbootdev-20071028.diff)
 % (cd usr/src; patch -p < ../../download/cobalt-netbootdev-20071028.diff)
 % (cd usr/src; sh build.sh -m cobalt -U -T tooldir tools)
 % (cd usr/src; sh build.sh -m cobalt -T tooldir kernel=GENERIC)
 % gzip -9c usr/src/sys/arch/cobalt/compile/obj/GENERIC/netbsd \
    > download/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz

5. build tools to build i386 server's kernel and boot image

% (cd usr/src; sh build.sh -m i386 -U -T tooldir tools)

   NOTE1: check your TOOLDIR in the build log here.
   NOTE2: make sure /etc/mk.conf not to override $TOOLDIR

6. execute restorecd script

% su
# sh restorecd server=/path/to/restorecd/download \
              client=/path/to/restorecd/download \
              source=/path/to/restorecd/usr/src  \
              tooldir=/path/to/restorecd/usr/src/tooldir -v

   NOTE1: use absolute paths to extracted restorecd dir (otherwise it fails)
   NOTE2: use your TOOLDIR for tooldir= arg if it isn't .../usr/src/tooldir 

  Then you'll get restorecd.iso in cd.tmp dir.

--- EOF ---
(BTW, is there any good rsync mirror which serves whole NetBSD-daily?)

Note this script will use the new bootloader to load a bootstrap
kernel via network. If you want to use old netbsd-INSTALL.gz
in release set binaries, check and modify commented out lines
in "prepare_nfsroot()" function in "restorecd/restorecd" script
as old one.

I've created an image on NetBSD/i386 4.99.34, and checked
restorecd installation with Dell GX260 server and RaQ1 client,
but any tests/reports/suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,
---
Izumi Tsutsui