[FreeBSD] Fix for ServerWorks HT1000 in upcoming 7.1?
Fernan Aguero
fernan at iib.unsam.edu.ar
Wed Oct 8 20:35:11 UTC 2008
> On Wednesday 08 October 2008 06:15:15 am Fernan Aguero wrote:
> > > Did anyone who can trigger the data corruption has tried John's patch
> > > and let us know if it worked?
> >
> > Not yet. My problem is that it's not that easy ... (at least
> > for me, but maybe I'm missing something).
> >
> > The main issue for me is that I don't have a spare box
> > running 7.x. All my FreeBSD boxes are running 6.x
> >
> > I've tried to make a new 7.1-BETA bootable ISO from the
> > patched sources (make release), but failed ... this is the
> > first time I've ever attempted this, and it seems that you
> > cannot do that from a 6.x box (I have a full CVS mirror of
> > FreeBSD, and a fresh checkout of RELENG_7).
> You can just grab the existing iso,
OK
> untar it into a directory,
OK
> build your own GENERIC kernel and replace the
> /boot/kernel/kernel in the iso tree,
Will I be able to do this using a 7.x checkout on a 6.x box?
> then use mkisofs to build a new ISO. Just be sure that
> once you've installed the box, you copy the updated kernel
> onto the box somehow before you reboot from the installer
> (you can use the fixit shell to help with this).
Gotcha.
> --
> John Baldwin
Fernan
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