If it's using the ex0 drvier and you're getting ex0: device timeout or =
something like that, then just get a binary install of the 1.5.3 and you =
should be okay.  There's a guide to building -current around on =
bsdfreak.org.  You might want to check out those options.  What kind of =
laptop is this, by the way?

-Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Rose, Brian [mailto:Brian.Rose@icn.siemens.com]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:54 PM
To: NetBSD-help (E-mail)
Subject: Installation Hell^Hp



Arrgh! Nothing seems to work! I have been trying to get NetBSD onto my =
new
laptop and have encountered problem after problem (Rant below).

I'm trying to rebuild the kernel and the problem I am having now is that =
I
cannot do a 'make depend'. I installed 1.5.2 off of the i386 boot CD =
with
everything. I copy in the -current sources and try to rebuild the kernel
(because my network adapter is not working and some have suggested using
-current) and I am met with an error.

param.c:75: config_file.h: No such file or directory

I simply copied GENERIC into MYKERNEL, did 'config MYKERNEL', went to =
the
compile/MYKERNEL directory and did 'make depend'. Why was this file not
generated? Did I do anything wrong?

I tried creating a blank file, config_file.h in the same folder as =
param.c
(because it is #include"config_file.h") but that still did not work. =
Should
it be elsewhere?=20

I also get a bunch of warnings about redefines, but I can deal with =
those
later.

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? Are there differences between
1.5.2 and -current that would cause this problem?


<RANT>
I am rebuilding the kernel because my network does not work which I =
needed
to download the latest X server so that I could run X on my notebook. =
Every
step of the way, this thing seems to break down. Shouldn't GENERIC run =
on
just about any i386 platform?
</RANT>



Brian Rose=20
Brian dot Rose at icn dot siemens dot com=20
407-942-6934=20
To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion