Re: installing using serial console and cross compiling

[Jeanie Zick <jeanie%jeaniez.com@localhost>]

Hi,


On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:47 PM, David Brownlee wrote:

> On 12 June 2012 18:12, Jeanie Zick <jeanie%jeaniez.com@localhost> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am installing on a G4 Xserve. First of all, I would like to use  
> > a serial
> > console to do the install. I have googled and I just can't seem to  
> > find
> > this. What should my settings be? Also, should I be using minicom  
> > or is
> > there something else that someone could recommend or is there  
> > something
> > built into NetBSD?
>
> I tend to use 'tip', but YMMV.
>
> > Next, I have done an install and the system stops booting at root  
> > device. I
> > tried building the cross compiler on a 68060 system running 4.0.1  
> > with
> > "./build.sh -m macppc -O /usr/obj --T /usr/tools tools", but it  
> > core dumped
> > with:
> >
> >
> >
> > build/genattrtab
> > /usr/src/tools/gcc/../../gnu/dist/gcc4/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md >
> > tmp-attrtab.c
> > genattrtab in malloc(): error: brk(2) failed [internal error]
> > [1]  Abort trap (core dumped) build/genattrtab...
> > *** Error code 2
>
> Looks like it could be out of memory. Did you try unlimiting in the
> shell before building?


I should have thought of that. It is going to take a while, but I am  
going to run:
# ulimit
# /build.sh -m macppc -O /usr/obj --T /usr/tools tools

I will let you know if that fixes the problem.

Thanks,
Al