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From: kenh@entropic.com (Ken Hornstein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: netbsd binaries and src dont mix [HELP]
Date: 8 Sep 1994 00:27:09 -0400
Organization: Entropic Research Lab, Washington, DC.
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In article <34l9lk$f8o@anshar.shadow.net>,
Christopher Klaus <cklaus@anshar.shadow.net> wrote:
>
>I downloaded the binaries on sun-lamp for i386.  They are dated August
>1st. I grabbed the sys.tar.gz so I could compile my kernel, but it is
>dated August 31st. 
>
>Apparently, there was enough difference, that the compiled kernel and the
>rest of the system would cause a vm_fault on booting, just not allowing to
>do anything except watch it repeatedly reboot. 

Did you get the header files as well?  They are fairly important as well,
since many of the kernel source files use those headers as well ... building
a new config(8) might be a good idea as well.

--Ken