From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 16 20:17:23 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA29760 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:17:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sliver.eddie.silk.net (eddie.silk.net [204.244.76.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA29752 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:17:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) Received: from localhost (eddie@localhost) by sliver.eddie.silk.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA54220; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:26:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) X-Authentication-Warning: sliver.eddie.silk.net: eddie owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:26:50 -0800 (PST) From: Eddie Lawhead X-Sender: eddie@localhost To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com cc: fbsdqs Subject: Re: Need for new bootblocks In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Spike wrote: > > I have a new 3.0-RELEASE ELF system, just upgraded from 2.2.8 by > make-out-to-elf. I have the old bootblocks installed on my hard drive, and > I can boot with no problems. Why would I need the new bootblocks? > Have you compiled your kernel as ELF? The standard 3.0R does not have an ELF kernel, and AFAIK make-out-to-elf will not do it. I really think you need the new boot blocks for an ELF kernel. Eddie H. Lawhead > > -Spike Gronim > sporkl@ix.netcom.com > > > The majority only rules those who let them. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Eddie H. Lawhead FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Kelowna, BC, Canada http://www.FreeBSD.org eddie@silk.net http://www.Silk.net ---------------------------------------------------- | Silk Internet: Your Smooth Connection To The Net | ----------------------------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-= Enriched, V-Card, HTML Messages > /dev/null =-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message