Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:41:46 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: rnordier@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile Message-ID: <20010822084146.79E3638FD@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200108220824.f7M8O3M09802@freefall.freebsd.org>
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rnordier@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> > peter 2001/08/21 22:29:25 PDT
> >
> > Modified files:
> > sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile
> > Log:
> > Generate an ELF /boot/loader instead of fake a.out. The fake a.out wrapp
er
> > did not work with old a.out-only bootblocks anyway. :-(
>
> I don't mind about the change, but your statement that the a.out
> wrapper did not work is less than accurate (as well as being less
> than fair).
Yes, it was uncalled for. Sorry about that.
> As confirmation of that, I've just booted a 4.3R system here using
> bootblocks taken straight off a FreeBSD 2.0 (January 1995) CD.
>
> This was all gone into in some detail on the mailing lists several
> years ago, when I related tests involving a whole range of 2.x
> bootblocks, all of which were able to load the (then 3.x) /boot/loader.
>
> At the time, no-one could come up with bootblocks which didn't
> work. Whether you've subsequently managed to do so or not, this
> stuff basically worked, and it's annoying to have contrary assertions
> embedded in the cvs logs now.
I have a disk image of a set that are unhappy. I will dig them up
tomorrow. When you enter /boot/loader at the boot prompt, it
says: "Invalid kernel".
If I cannot produce a set, I'll retract it in the commit logs.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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