leonleon77@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> would like to let you know that changes commited to cvs by Michael
> about 23 hours ago have made netbsd-current bootable (thanks Michael
> :-) on my iBook G4. I have just tested by uptating with cvs and doing
> complete build:
> 
> 1) cvs with the latest tree from anoncvs@...:/cvsroot
> 
> setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@...:/cvsroot
> setenv CVS_RSH ssh
> cd /usr/src
> cvs -d $CVSROOT update -dPAC
> 
> 2) build tools and kernel
> 
> mkdir /usr/obj
> cd /usr/src
> ../build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
> 
> 3) copy netbsd kernel from kernel build dir (e.g.
> /usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/obj/GENERIC/netbsd ...) to the hfs
> partition (hfs partition has only 2 files: ofwboot.xcf and netbsd)
> 
> 4) reboot... and... the KERNEL BOOTS :-)
> 
> Chris - may be you can try the latest cvs as well for your latest
> PowerBook issues...
> 

Hi Leon,

I'm away from home for a few days, but I will be testing a current build on my
Powerbook as soon as I get back. I'm looking forward to finally being able to
dual boot my machine at long last!

Regards,

Chris

> Well as for me - on to:
> # ./build.sh -U -D /usr/xxxbuild distribution
> # ./build.sh -U -D /usr/xxxbuild install=/
> 
> The 2 questions from me at the moment:
> 1) do I need to be running the new kernel when executing those
> scripts, or should it not matter (i don's think it will matter but it
> don't hurt to ask...) ?
> 2) when my new (netbsd-curren) boots - it flashes the screen (from-to
> blank and some garbage) a couple of times half way through the booting
> process - it does not do it with the netbsd v3 release ... is this
> screen flushing supposed to happen in current/newest kernels?
> 
> Kind regards
> Leon Zadorin...
>