From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 18 10:23: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from finsco.com (ns1.finsco.com [216.0.231.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB827114D0 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:23:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billh@finsco.com) Received: from finsco.com by finsco.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA07938; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:18:48 -0600 Message-ID: <36CC59F3.FF956BC1@finsco.com> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:20:36 -0600 From: Bill Hamilton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dan - Sr. Admin" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0-Release (Nov 1998) References: <19990218114250.B11036@globalserve.net> <36CC3B8C.F8577087@finsco.com> <19990218133245.A235@globalserve.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Dan - Sr. Admin" wrote: > > Well, when you install a ELF kernel for the first time, make install will > bitch and remind you of that fact. > > Not to mention, file *will* tell you if you have an ELF kernel or not. > > regret:~> file /kernel > /kernel: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically linked, not stripped > > So, if it's a.out, you can expect that "unknown" that you received. > > Default 3.0-RELEASE installs have an a.out kernel, as mentioned before. > That's what I was afraid of - "unknown" means you have an a.out kernel. I'm wondering if I should "convert to elf" before building 3.1-STABLE, or will that happen automagically when I build the world and kernel with the 3.1R tool chain ??? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message