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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!irenaeus.mlo.dec.com!eje From: eje@irenaeus.mlo.dec.com (Eric James Ewanco) Subject: 386bsd: kernel rebuild?, disklabel? Message-ID: <1992Aug20.144812.29251@engage.pko.dec.com> Keywords: 386bsd Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon) Reply-To: ewanco@kalvin.enet.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:48:12 GMT Lines: 31 OK, I got 386bsd up and running -- it looks great. But I had a question. Evidently you need the source to rebuild the kernel, unlike my DECstation 3100. Is there any way you can load the kernel code and rebuild it without downloading and unpacking the entire source distribution? I don't yet have room for the source -- I could possibly if I hooked up a second Conner 3100, but then I'd need to rebuild the kernel to get a second drive to work, right? second, WHAT THE *^%$#@ DOES disklabel DO? and how do I use it? The man page is absolutely no help, since I do not have a VAX 11/780 with disk packs or whatever. i would like to be able to create a new file system in drive A or on my new drive when I get it installed (right now I need to find a place to mount it first). But everyone here is talking about disklabel, and nothing anywhere talks about what the heck it is. Am I correct in assuming that there are virtually nil docs for 386bsd? P.S. on my 16550 question: it certainly appears that 386bsd supports the 16550 judging from all the messages, although perhaps it doesn't in the released kernel? anyway my 9600 link seems to be working fine. I am uploaded tcsh and the source to sz right now and am having no problems. Eric -- /=============================================================================\ | Eric Ewanco - Software Engineer For the rash and outrageous opinions ex-| | Digital Equipment Corp, Maynard MA pressed herein I alone am responsible; | | ewanco@kalvin.enet.dec.com they do not belong to DIGITAL(TM). | \==============================- 2 Th 2:15 -==================================/