[9fans] building 9load

[9fans] building 9load

[ron minnich]

I last watched Andrey do this on r3, and never did it myself on r3 or r4,
so my ability to build 9load is limited. Is there a HOWTO somewhere?

also 'mk CONF=pcflop' fails due to missing bits and pieces; has anyone
made this go on the vmware image?

thanks

ron

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[Russ Cox]

cd /sys/src/boot/pc; mk
will build 9load.

to build a boot floppy,
cd /sys/lib/dist/pc; mk ndisk

i'm not 100% sure a fresh 9pcflop
kernel works.  you definitely
need to change the

	nobootprompt=local!/bzroot

in the usual plan9.ini to

	nobootprompt=local!/boot/bzroot

due to the great /boot restructuring.
a fresh 9pccd kernel is known to work.

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[ron minnich]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Russ Cox wrote:

> cd /sys/src/boot/pc; mk
> will build 9load.

worked well, thanks.

> to build a boot floppy,
> cd /sys/lib/dist/pc; mk ndisk

this failed due to missing bits and pieces. Anybody done this on the
vmware image, and what did you do to make it work?

I can't get the error messages out to the list yet, sorry.

ron

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[andrey mirtchovski]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, ron minnich wrote:

> > to build a boot floppy,
> > cd /sys/lib/dist/pc; mk ndisk
>
> this failed due to missing bits and pieces. Anybody done this on the
> vmware image, and what did you do to make it work?
>

cd /sys/lib/dist/cmd ; mk all; mk install

the missing pieces are bargraph.c, touchfs, bzfs and things like that, located in
the abovementioned directory :)

now mk ndisk will break with:


p9# mk ndisk
cp /386/9loadlite 9load
cp /386/9loadlitedebug 9loaddebug
bflz 697: suicide: sys: trap: fault read addr=0x0 pc=0x0000144e
--rw-rw-r-- M 8 bootes sys 14 Apr 10 03:33 boot.bz2
--rw-rw-r-- M 8 bootes sys 1051 Apr 10 03:33 root.bz2
@{
	cd /sys/src/9/pc
	mk 'CONF=pcflop' 9pcflop.gz
}
../port/mkroot /sys/lib/dist/pc/root.bz2 _sys_lib_dist_pc_root_bz2
mkroot /sys/lib/dist/pc/root.bz2 _sys_lib_dist_pc_root_bz2
cp: can't create _sys_lib_dist_pc_root_bz2.out: name too long
_sys_lib_dist_pc_root_bz2.out: rc (mkroot): can't open: '_sys_lib_dist_pc_root_bz2.out' directory entry not found
mk: ../port/mkroot /sys/lib/dist/pc/root.bz2 _sys_lib_dist_pc_root_bz2  : exit status=rc 737: mkroot 739: no match
mk: @{  cd ...  : exit status=rc 706: rc 708: mk 709: error
p9#

why bzfs dies i don't know, but i'll look at it in a second.

we can probably take this off the list and just submit a patch...

andrey

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[rsc]

> this failed due to missing bits and pieces. Anybody done this on the
> vmware image, and what did you do to make it work?

sorry, forgot about the commands.
from a fresh install:

	cd /sys/lib/dist/cmd
	mk install
	mk clean
	cd /sys/lib/dist/pc
	mk clean
	rm -f boot.raw	# may be necessary if you have a failed build there
	mk ndisk

there is some indication that the resulting
disk will work if you copy plan9.ini.vmware
to the disk as the plan9.ini (by default it is
empty).  that indication is that nobootprompt
is already set to local!/boot/bzroot.  i feel like
i fixed it for someone a few months ago, but
i forget who (steve simon, perhaps).

i'll test it again a bit later.

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[paurea]

>> this failed due to missing bits and pieces. Anybody done this on the
>> vmware image, and what did you do to make it work?
>
> sorry, forgot about the commands.
> from a fresh install:
>
> 	cd /sys/lib/dist/cmd
> 	mk install
> 	mk clean
> 	cd /sys/lib/dist/pc
> 	mk clean
> 	rm -f boot.raw	# may be necessary if you have a failed build there
> 	mk ndisk
>

I am making a floppy too, so I followed your instructions (though I am
not using a fresh install...) and got:
term% mk ndisk
@{
	cd /sys/src/9/pc
	mk 'CONF=pcflop' 9pcflop.gz
}
mk: don't know how to make '/sys/lib/dist/pc/root.bz2' in directory /sys/src/9/pc
mk: @{  cd ...  : exit status=rc 2179: rc 2181: mk 2182: error


How do I get/generate root.bz2?
THX

							Gorka

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[Russ Cox]

> I am making a floppy too, so I followed your instructions (though I am
> not using a fresh install...) and got:
> term% mk ndisk
> @{
> 	cd /sys/src/9/pc
> 	mk 'CONF=pcflop' 9pcflop.gz
> }
> mk: don't know how to make '/sys/lib/dist/pc/root.bz2' in directory /sys/src/9/pc
> mk: @{  cd ...  : exit status=rc 2179: rc 2181: mk 2182: error

That's weird.  You ran that in /sys/lib/dist/pc?
The mkfile very clearly states that root.bz2
needs to be built before you run that recipe
for 9pcflop.gz.  You could do it manually:

	cd /sys/lib/dist/pc
	mk root.bz2

but it really shouldn't be necessary.

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[paurea]

> That's weird.  You ran that in /sys/lib/dist/pc?
> The mkfile very clearly states that root.bz2
> needs to be built before you run that recipe
> for 9pcflop.gz.  You could do it manually:
>
> 	cd /sys/lib/dist/pc
> 	mk root.bz2
>

Got it. There were some permission problems. Thanks.


					Gorka

Re: [9fans] building 9load

[steve.simon]

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Hi,

Is /sys/src/boot/bin/386 populated ?

If its empty first do
	 	cd /sys/src/boot/cmd; mk install
then retry
	cd /sys/lib/dist/pc; mk ndisk

-Steve

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From: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] building 9load
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:14:32 +0100
Message-ID: <1427712808@snellwilcox.com>

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Russ Cox wrote:

> cd /sys/src/boot/pc; mk
> will build 9load.

worked well, thanks.

> to build a boot floppy,
> cd /sys/lib/dist/pc; mk ndisk

this failed due to missing bits and pieces. Anybody done this on the 
vmware image, and what did you do to make it work?

I can't get the error messages out to the list yet, sorry. 

ron