From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 3 12:01:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA13160 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:01:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles246.castles.com [208.214.165.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA13130 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:01:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA06978; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:55:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199810031855.LAA06978@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Manfred Antar cc: Robert Nordier , osa@etrust.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CRUSH after recompile kernel... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Oct 1998 09:12:57 PDT." <4.1.19981003090856.00a1c890@192.168.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 11:55:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Better still, why not try the new i386 loader (/sys/boot/i386/loader), > >now that it supports ELF? > > How do you go about using /boot/loader ? > I've been using btxboot with elf kernel and it works. > I get a kernel symbol not valid when it first starts to boot but the kernel > loads OK > I'm using btxboot-0.8.2. - Install the "normal" boot blocks (although btxboot should also work). - Create the /boot directory. - Go to /sys/boot and say 'make all install'. - Put the line '/boot/loader' in /boot.config. Using /boot.config is just an interim measure until /boot/loader becomes the default. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message