On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, eos wrote:

> ???? I get that form http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/
>
> active edge of NetBSD development, there can be problems compiling a
> -current kernel. You are recommended to use source from an Official
> Release until you are familiar with the configuration process.
>
>
> Besides syssrc.tgz is not in
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-1-5/tar_files/src or
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src
>

Right, in these it's 'sys.tar.gz'; But it could be confused as all 3 are
about 18-19 meg.  Did your problem get resolved?

-lava

>
> eos
> =^)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-i386-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-i386-owner@netbsd.org] On
> Behalf Of Brian A. Seklecki
> Sent: mardi 26 février 2002 08:01
> To: Nate Bohlmann
> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: compiled kernel fails miserably
>
>
>
> You're using syssrc.tgz from /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5.2/source/sets/* I
> imagine?
>
> You may have used
>
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-1-5/tar_files/src
> or
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src
>
> ...these are different development branches.
>
> ...include the output of 'dmesg' and 'uname -a'.  Sounds like userland
> and kernel misalignments.
>
> Better explanation @
> http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/misc/#kernel-upgrade
>
> -lava
>
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Nate Bohlmann wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >   I pawned through the recent posts but I couldn't find anything
> > really relating to my problem.  I installed 1.5.2 this past weekend
> > and wanted to re-compile the kernel to reduce it's size.  I did the
> > normal thing of editting the config file and compiling and everything
> > seemed to work as it has in the past.  However, when I boot this
> > kernel, everything breaks.  I get core dumps from things such as
> > chmod, wscons breaks, and my root partition ends up getting fairly
> > trashed (a serious fsck is required).  Does anyone have a clue as to
> > what I'm doing wrong?  Is the syssrc.tgz in the 1.5 portion of the ftp
>
> > site not correct?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated..
> >
> > --
> > Nathan Bohlmann
> njb@elfwerks.com
> > Elfwerks Consulting
> http://www.elfwerks.com/~njb
> >
>
> --Brian
>
>  ----
>
> "GNU/Linux: About as stable as the elements at the bottom of the
> periodic table"
>
>

later-
Brian

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