Very Computer

Hi, I've downloaded the NetBSD-Current source; and would like to
build it to run on a Sparc IPX I have.  There doesn't seem to be
much documentation around that I can find that tells me how to do
this.  I looked through the FAQ's that I could find too.

I'm not new to building stuff off of the net.  Can someone give
me a few pointers as to how to get started with NetBSD?
Thanks.         -Dan

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Dan A.*ey

Quote:>Hi, I've downloaded the NetBSD-Current source; and would like to
>build it to run on a Sparc IPX I have.  There doesn't seem to be
>much documentation around that I can find that tells me how to do
>this.  I looked through the FAQ's that I could find too.

Quote:>I'm not new to building stuff off of the net.  Can someone give
>me a few pointers as to how to get started with NetBSD?
>Thanks.             -Dan

Anyhow, subscribe to port-sparc, there's loads of folks there who can
help w/ sparc stuff..

Ciao.

Jason, won't he have to build a new "make" and install
the new ......share/mk " stuff before a
"make build" from 1.2 will work?

I think I got stuck at this point in January when I tried
this.

Clarence Wilkerson

1. Compile and install a new kernel. It's generally best to do this
before you install new utilities.

2. cd /usr/src/share/mk; make install

3. cd /usr/src/usr.bin/make; make depend && make && make install

4. cd /usr/src; make build

Since you're compiling a current tree rather than a release tree,
there may be little gotchas here and there, depending on the exact

I build regularly on an IPX (it takes about 12 hours), so if anyone
wants to e-mail me with questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

cjs
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