Re: How to compile x86_64 NetBSD Xen domU PV kernel and userland
"J. Lewis Muir" writes: > but based on your reply, I found XEN3_DOMU in > > /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf > > So, for using build.sh, I just specify XEN3_DOMU for the kernel name > instead of GENERIC? In other words, instead of "build.sh distribution" will build all the kernels that are part of the release, including the XEN kernels (DOM0, DOMU, install variants). Yes, it takes a bit longer, but it will make your life easier to just do that.
Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 06:09:28PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > Indeed, that image runs with the root file system on the USB device. To my delight I learned that I can edit the image "in place," as it were, on the flash drive. Thus I put my boot.cfg on it, which nicely ushers me past the odious nouveau problem on this old emachine. I'm going to have some fun with these little "sticks." Thank you -- What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Hitchens' Razor
Re: How to compile x86_64 NetBSD Xen domU PV kernel and userland
On 08/21, Martin Husemann wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 01:34:12PM -0500, J. Lewis Muir wrote: > > On an amd64 NetBSD 8 stable kernel and userland system (i.e., tracking > > the netbsd-8 branch), how do I compile a NetBSD 8 stable kernel and > > userland to run on an x86_64 Xen domU in PV mode? > > Nothing special about userland. The kernel you need is XEN3_DOMU - > ... or I might be misunderstanding your question. I think you understood perfectly; I just couldn't find it! I was looking in /usr/src/sys/arch/xen/conf but based on your reply, I found XEN3_DOMU in /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf So, for using build.sh, I just specify XEN3_DOMU for the kernel name instead of GENERIC? In other words, instead of ./build.sh -O ../obj -T ../tools -U kernel=GENERIC I would do the following? ./build.sh -O ../obj -T ../tools -U kernel=XEN3_DOMU Thanks! Lewis
Re: How to compile x86_64 NetBSD Xen domU PV kernel and userland
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 01:34:12PM -0500, J. Lewis Muir wrote: > Hello! > > On an amd64 NetBSD 8 stable kernel and userland system (i.e., tracking > the netbsd-8 branch), how do I compile a NetBSD 8 stable kernel and > userland to run on an x86_64 Xen domU in PV mode? Nothing special about userland. The kernel you need is XEN3_DOMU - ... or I might be misunderstanding your question. Martin
How to compile x86_64 NetBSD Xen domU PV kernel and userland
Hello! On an amd64 NetBSD 8 stable kernel and userland system (i.e., tracking the netbsd-8 branch), how do I compile a NetBSD 8 stable kernel and userland to run on an x86_64 Xen domU in PV mode? I couldn't find documentation anywhere, but if I missed it, I'd be grateful to be pointed to it. I'm aware of the following which, as far as I can tell, do not document how to do it: * https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto/ * https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-kernel.html * https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-updating.html Thanks! Lewis
Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:44:32AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > One interesting turn running sysinst: I tried "unmounted > fs" to access the flash drive with the install img only to learn > that it was already mounted and therefore "busy." I got what I > needed selecting "Local fs" at /mnt. Indeed, that image runs with the root file system on the USB device. It is also a full populated NetBSD base system, you can exit from sysinst (or use Utils/Run /bin/sh) to get a shell and do whatever you like manually. Martin
Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?
YO YO YO Jeremy! (aka The Hardest-Working Man in NetBSD-land! ) Long time, long time... My upgrade is successful: NetBSD nebby 9.0_BETA NetBSD 9.0_BETA (GENERIC) #0: Sun Aug 18 14:36:49 UTC 2019 mkre...@mkrepro.netbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 09:04:59AM -0500, r...@reedmedia.net wrote: > Did you get any error message or information before it > reverted booting from your hard disk? I had the wrong img on the stick. I had just slapped a boot.iso on it, like a big dummy. With the (always) very astute aid of the assembled faithful here, I was put right. This is the img I needed, and used to good effect: http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-9/latest/images/NetBSD-9.0_BETA-amd64-install.img.gz One interesting turn running sysinst: I tried "unmounted fs" to access the flash drive with the install img only to learn that it was already mounted and therefore "busy." I got what I needed selecting "Local fs" at /mnt. Thank You -- What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Hitchens' Razor
Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I want to use a flash drive instead of a CD to upgrade from an > old 'current' to our latest. This is being done on an ancient > emachine amd64: "ancient" In my experience some old systems just won't boot from USB flash disks well. In some cases, I have had to try over five different flash disks until I found one that worked. Did you get any error message or information before it reverted booting from your hard disk?
Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?
Bob Bernstein writes: > I want to use a flash drive instead of a CD to upgrade from an > old 'current' to our latest. This is being done on an ancient > emachine amd64: > > NetBSD nebby 8.99.35 NetBSD 8.99.35 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Mar 13 06:27:34 UTC > 2019 mkre...@mkrepro.netbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 Also, it's good to have things like flash drives and CD around to rescue your box, but you don't need external media for an upgrade. In pkgsrc there is etcmanage (my way to do it) and sysupgrade (someone else's way, a bit more mainstream). I upgrade machines in place all the time using INSTALL-NetBSD from etcmanage. That said, I don't want to discourage you from working through the flash drive issues as that's useful for you and fixing doc bugs, if any, is useful for everyone.
Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?
jmitc...@bigjar.com (Jason Mitchell) writes: >Also, is there an easy way to remove the first 2048 sectors from the image so >the FFS part could be mounted using a vnd device? Or would this work without >making changes? The image includes an MBR and NetBSD will create a default disklabel for it. E.g.: 8 partitions: #sizeoffset fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs] a: 2865152 2048 4.2BSD 1024 819216 # (Cyl. 1 - 1399) c: 2865152 2048 unused 0 0# (Cyl. 1 - 1399) d: 2867200 0 unused 0 0# (Cyl. 0 - 1399) You can then use /dev/vnd0a to mount the filesystem. -- -- Michael van Elst Internet: mlel...@serpens.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
