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From: cmaeda+@cs.cmu.edu (Christopher Maeda)
Subject: DDB: No symbols
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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 16:55:37 GMT
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In article <1993Mar8.095115.2969@netcom.com> alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) writes:
>I just tried to install the new patchkit up to patch 110 + Chris's com
>driver + lpr without success - the system reboots immediately upon
>trying to load via Julian's boot blocks (where the NO DDB SYMBOLS
>message might appear).  All the patches took okay (except one: in the
>00099 set, which I think modifies /dev/MKDEV).  I ran dbsym on  the
>kernel, but this makes no difference.

Run dbsym on the kernel binary before you boot it.  Works great.

The makefiles should do this automagically if you config the ddb
pseudo device.


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