On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 01:20:09AM -0400, msmith@edtech.mcc.edu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to create a set of custom boot floppies for AMD64. I can't install
> NetBSD/AMD64 on my AMD64 system because of some 'interrupt' issue with
> AMD64 and my SATA stuff. I've found some users describing a work-around
> for this issue by adding "option ACPI_PCI_FIXUP" to my kernel.
> I currently have a NetBSD/i386 2.0 system up and running on my AMD64
> system. I have cross-compiled a INSTALL and GENERIC kernels with the the
> new 'option'. I have noticed there are some scripts for creating
> boot/install floppies, but these don't seem to work for me (maybe it
> thinks I'm trying to create an i386 floppy set?).
> Just wondering if anyone has ever ran into this, or maybe someone has a
> solution.

Generating boot floppies needs to have a some other things already built for
the target architecture. The easiest way is to change the GENERIC and INSTALL
config file, and run a build.sh release.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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