On donderdag, maart 28, 2002, at 08:06 PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Reinier Jonker wrote:
>
>> On donderdag, maart 28, 2002, at 06:25 PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>>
>>> 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...
>
> Ah, but the symptom changed? So maybe there's something to it. When I
> first encountered that bug, it drove me nuts the way it would come and
> go almost without rhyme or reason.

It's quite annoying...

> One way to rule out the kernel, would be if the same kernel can be
> booted from the HFS partition. If you have no better way, you can use
> "cpout netbsd netbsd" from within the Installer's minishell.

Okay, I'll ftp it and then copy it back using Mac OS File Sharing.

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Reinier Jonker