From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 19:36:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40CFA16A420 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:36:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0370743D45 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:36:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEAD11A3C1B for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:36:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3B2AF51282; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:36:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:36:39 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20060214193639.GB99387@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200602141500.k1EF0rJr065149@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200602141500.k1EF0rJr065149@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Subject: Re: BETA1 announcement X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:36:40 -0000 --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 04:00:53PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I tried loading a 6.1-BETA1 kernel (the default GENERIC > kernel from the BETA1 distribution) on a system with > the /boot directory (including /boot/loader) from a 4.x > installation. To be exact, it's 4.9-RELEASE. >=20 > It didn't work. The kernel didn't even print the copyright > line or anything else, it just hung. Is that expected > behaviour? Yes, I think so. One problem is that the hints will be missing, so you won't get a console. If you compiled them into your kernel you might have had better luck, but it's still not supported. Kris --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD8jFGWry0BWjoQKURAkegAKDx9RWefQUVgPAK7eiD5TEn6DliOQCdFpd6 chmfp7/H7QBq7JfOKqutsTU= =rNrW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz--