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From: matt@gecko.oes.orst.edu (Matt Curfman)
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Subject: Re: [386bsd] gcc-2.3.3 compiled kernel won't boot
Keywords: kernel compile gcc-2.3.3
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Date: 12 Feb 93 21:19:16 GMT
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In article <fZc4E#8@quack.sac.ca.us> dfox@quack.sac.ca.us (David Fox) writes:
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>Hi *,
>
>Has anyone experienced this endless reboot cycle when just recompiling
>the kernel with gcc-2.3.3 before?
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>in real life: david fox            email: dfox@quack.sac.ca.us

I had the very same trouble.  I'm running 386BSD with a full patchkit 0.2
install, and the npx.c and npx.diff patches.  The kernel reboots without
printing anything to the console.  My machine is a i486-25DX with 8 meg
ram.


-mc
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Matt Curfman                                    Almanac Information Archivist 
matt@gecko.oes.orst.edu                     Oregon State University Extension