Re: booting install kernel

[Milos Negovanovic <milos.negovanovic%googlemail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 01:08:10AM +0100, Petar Bogdanovic wrote:
> > 
> > No I didn't. Is there a document that describes how to do this? Install
> > kernel from releng.netbsd.org works just fine.
> 
> Try `make dependall' in /usr/src/distrib/amd64/instkernel.
> 
> Otherwise, you have to ``create a file system image from a directory
> tree'' with makefs(8) first and then you can use that image to ``set
> (the) kernel RAM disk image'' with mdsetimage(8).
> 
> Something like:
> 
>    makefs ${OPTIONS} ${IMAGE} ${DIRECTORY}
>    mdsetimage ${KERNEL} ${IMAGE}
> 
> 
> See makefs(8) and mdsetimage(8) for details.
> 
> 
> 
>    Petar Bogdanovic

Thanks, Ill have a look at this. For now downloading install kernel from
releng site is enough.

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Milos Negovanovic
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