Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 00:17:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@zeus.theinternet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting Elf Kernel Message-ID: <199811020817.AAA08915@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 12:45:45 %2B1000." <199811020245.MAA19222@zeus.theinternet.com.au>
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> Is it possible to boot an ELF kernel? Yes. > The Release Notes say that the kernel is still in aout format, but, is > there a way? I don't have any active LKM's to worry about, and I'm > reinstalling most of my stuff in ELF format anyway. You probably want to update to -current first. Following a 'make world', build an ELF kernel by setting KERNFORMAT to 'elf' in the environment before doing the kernel build. Install the kernel as /kernel.elf Reboot, and at the boot: prompt type '/boot/loader', then abort the kernel load and type 'boot kernel.elf'. If this works for you, the next step is to update the bootblocks with 'disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 <disk>' where <disk> is your boot slice. Remove any existing /boot.config file. This will now default to using the new loader to boot your system. Note that the new loader is still under development, so YMMV. -- \\ 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
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