Subject: Re: error in make boot floppy
To: Chan Yiu Wah <c5666305@b1.hkstar.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/21/1998 12:31:47
Chan Yiu Wah writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I encountered the error when I tried to build the booting floppy for i386
> with source tree up to date 20 oct 1998.  Can anyone told me what to do ?
> I had configured the vnd device in the INSTALL, INSTALL_SMALL & INSTALL_TINY.

You don't need the vnd device configured in INSTALL.

You need it configured in the kernel you are running.

Perry

> 
> ======= Error =======
> all ===> ramdisk
> dd if=/dev/zero of=ramdisk.fs count=2880
> 2880+0 records in
> 2880+0 records out
> 1474560 bytes transferred in 1 secs (1474560 bytes/sec)
> vnconfig -t floppy3 -v -c /dev/vnd0d ramdisk.fs
> /dev/vnd0d: 1474560 bytes on ramdisk.fs using geometry 512/18/2/80
> disklabel -rw /dev/vnd0d floppy3
> newfs -m 0 -o space -i 5120 -c 80 /dev/rvnd0a floppy3
> newfs: /dev/rvnd0a: open: Device not configured
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> 
> ======= Error =======
> Cheers.
> 
> Clarence
>