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From: ted@oz.plymouth.edu (The Wizard of Oz)
Subject: Re: NetBSD - Kernel Rebuild problem
Message-ID: <1993Apr25.221034.25774@oz.plymouth.edu>
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH.
References: <1993Apr23.023447.13339@oz.plymouth.edu> <C5xzAo.5ov@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 22:10:34 GMT
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In article <C5xzAo.5ov@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rb6775@dclipc13.cen.uiuc.edu (Rafal Krzysztof Boni) writes:
>ted@oz.plymouth.edu (The Wizard of Oz) writes:
>
>
>>Maybe someone can help me,  I am running the new 'NetBSD distribution'
>>with all the corresponding '*08.*' distribution sets.  When I rebuild
>>the kernel I get:
>
>>	loading 386bsd
>>	rearranging symbols
>>	couldn't find db_symtab symbols
>
>>Needless to say I can only use the generic kernel that came with the 
>>distribution (Unless I can live with ps, w, uptime, etc .... not working).
>>Does anyone know how repair this little problem?  I poked around 
>>but could not figure out what to do about it.  The 'dbsym' command
>>is what prints the error message.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
>	I've also seen this problem when building kernels, but I don't think
>	it's as bad as you make it sound, because I've built 2 or 3 already
>	and all of them have run...
>
>	I think the error message results from you NOT using the "-g" option
>	of gcc, which produces the debugging symbols...
>
>	In other words, the kernel you build should still work... Mine do ;>

	The kernel does run, but.....

	I added the "-g" option, no difference.  I did not say the kernel
did not work.  I should have said the it makes it so that (w, ps -aux,
uptime and anything else that references the kernel for info does not work.)

|   Ted Wisniewski    			INET:  ted@oz.plymouth.edu       |
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|   Plymouth NH, 03264                                                   |