On donderdag, maart 28, 2002, at 06:25 PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Reinier Jonker wrote:
>
>>> Another thing that goes wrong is that the Booter sometimes fails to 
>>> grok
>>> the subtleties of the file-system. How did you install the kernel?
>>
>> As described in the kernel FAQ:
>> cp /netbsd /netbsd.old
>> mv netbsd /
>
> Is the kernel build directory on the same partition as root? If so,
> "mv" doesn't really move the file from the high numbered cylinders;
> it just updates the root directory with the location of where it is
> already, which triggers the known bug in the Booter.
>
> Try "install" instead. For now, try
>
> 	ln netbsd netbsd.foo
> 	install -r netbsd.foo /netbsd
>
> and then try to boot from "netbsd".

Okay, done that. But now the booter hangs right after the "So I sez to 
him..."-message. What's wrong? This really appears to be a kernel 
fault...

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Reinier Jonker