Re: installing using serial console and cross compiling

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 12 June 2012 18:12, Jeanie Zick <jeanie%jeaniez.com@localhost> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am installing on a G4 Xserve. First of all, I would like to use a serial
> console to do the install. I have googled and I just can't seem to find
> this. What should my settings be? Also, should I be using minicom or is
> there something else that someone could recommend or is there something
> built into NetBSD?
>

I tend to use 'tip', but YMMV.

> Next, I have done an install and the system stops booting at root device. I
> tried building the cross compiler on a 68060 system running 4.0.1 with
> "./build.sh -m macppc -O /usr/obj --T /usr/tools tools", but it core dumped
> with:
>
>
>
> build/genattrtab
> /usr/src/tools/gcc/../../gnu/dist/gcc4/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md >
> tmp-attrtab.c
> genattrtab in malloc(): error: brk(2) failed [internal error]
> [1]  Abort trap (core dumped) build/genattrtab...
> *** Error code 2

Looks like it could be out of memory. Did you try unlimiting in the
shell before building?