Re: compiling kernel / booting from usb

[Haidut <haidut@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've had no trouble installing Dfly directly on a 512MB USB memory
stick just as I would on a normal HDD and it booted fine.


On 12/22/06, Armin Arh <armin@pubbox.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just fetched via cvsup all the sources, but there appears
> to be no /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC any more (marked as Attic).
>
> How to compile a kernel?
> (Can't find instructions in handbook, man-pages, wiki)
>
> Currently i run an ugly setup, having the whole DragonFly thing
> installed on an external Firewire- Drive.
> BIOS can't boot from there, so i tried an old 128MB USB stick,
> which i prepared with fdisk, disklabel etc. as described in
> the installation README for manual installations.
> First stage boot loader appears, but then seems unable to load
> the second stage. Any hints?
>
> Would it be possible to compile a custom kernel small enough
> to fit on 1.44MB floppy disk?
>
> This is just an inermediate solution. As soon as i get Win4BSD
> working i'll swap to internal disk :)
>
> TIA
>
> Armin
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