On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Stefan Midjich <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone for the info, I clearly didn't read the whole FAQ but only > the parts I needed. > > The reason I was using 4.9 was because 5.0 i386 didn't boot in vmware > fusion 3, it hangs at mtrr. And since I was formatting a CF card from the > vm I thought I had to use the same arch as the kernel that will run from > it, so I ended up trying on a 4.9.
I do exactly the same thing: use VMWare Fusion 3 to build release(8) whenever there's changes to -stable that I need (otherwise I just install -release directly). I've been doing this since 4.8 and have never had a problem using stock i386 GENERIC. You might try changing the VM type to "Other" or disabling some peripheral emulation. FWIW, amd64 works like a champ too using "Other 64-bit". I haven't tried running i386 on "Other 64-bit". > Also the reason I wanted to compile is something I should have stated, > there's a kernel config online for pcengines alix boards so I wanted to use > it on mine thinking it was better optimized for the tiny board with very > few peripherals. > > https://raw.github.com/openbsd/flashboot/master/PCENGINES Keep reading the FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Why I run i386 GENERIC on my ALIX 2D13, no custom anything required. I included my dmesg below for posterity. Everything I need fits more than comfortably on a 16GB CF card. I performed the initial install using the VM as well. I gave my OpenBSD VM access to the CF via USB card reader, booted the VM into bsd.rd, did a fresh install to the CF card, added tty items to /etc/boot.conf, and tweaked /etc/fstab. Then I installed the CF card into the ALIX board and from there just configured everything else over serial / network. Good luck, --david OpenBSD 5.0-stable (GENERIC) #1: Tue Nov 8 02:05:22 EST 2011 [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS ("AuthenticAMD" 586-class) 499 MHz cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,CFLUSH,MMX real mem = 267976704 (255MB) avail mem = 253542400 (241MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 11/05/08, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd088 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000 pcibios0: pcibios_get_intr_routing - function not supported pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing information unavailable. pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xe0000/0xa800 cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "AMD Geode LX" rev 0x33 glxsb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "AMD Geode LX Crypto" rev 0x00: RNG AES vr0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 10, address 00:0d:b9:1e:60:7c ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr1 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 11, address 00:0d:b9:1e:60:7d ukphy1 at vr1 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr2 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 15, address 00:0d:b9:1e:60:7e ukphy2 at vr2 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 glxpcib0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "AMD CS5536 ISA" rev 0x03: rev 3, 32-bit 3579545Hz timer, watchdog, gpio gpio0 at glxpcib0: 32 pins pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 2 "AMD CS5536 IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TS16GCF133> wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 15296MB, 31326208 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ohci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 4 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 12, version 1.0, legacy support ehci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 5 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 12 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "AMD EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at glxpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com0: console com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 mtrr: K6-family MTRR support (2 registers) nvram: invalid checksum ugen0 at uhub1 port 2 "American Power Conversion Back-UPS ES 750 FW:841.I3 .D USB FW:I3" rev 1.10/1.01 addr 2 vscsi0 at root scsibus0 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus1 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (295fd65258ac0a48.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b clock: unknown CMOS layout
