Tightening kernel for Mac Mini G4

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jan 25 13:06:40 UTC 2014


On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 01:28:50PM +0100, Andreas Tobler wrote:
> Also, if doing such work which combination fits and which doesn't I rely
> on netbooting.
> Iow, I build my kernels cross and boot over the net to see if it boots
> on the mini (or whatever Mac).

That's a nice idea; I guess I could've saved some time with cross-building
on faster x86 box.

Netbooting is a lifesaver indeed; that's how I originally installed and also
recovered couple of times after screwing up.  Peter's [*] DHCP server sample
config was really handy. :-)

However, since my custom slim kernels expect matching /boot/loader.conf, I
don't know if it would be possible to test them (GENERIC is not a problem,
of course) with netboot other than manually loading modules on the console.

./danfe

[*] http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html


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