From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 10 15:21:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA06452 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA06434 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id AAA14071 for FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:21:24 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA10640; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:17:35 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19970311001735.QB63298@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:17:35 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pcvt/132 columns References: <19970309232455.XZ34405@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199703102117.OAA23536@phaeton.artisoft.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.60_p2-3,5,8-9 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199703102117.OAA23536@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Mar 10, 1997 14:17:23 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Terry Lambert wrote: > > > FreeBSD does not support ELF. > > > > Terry doesn't know anything about FreeBSD. > I can't load an ELF kernel with my a.out expecting boot blocks. > > Are you saying this has changed recenty? So by your definition, ``DOS doesn't support .EXE files.'', since you cannot boot it as an .EXE file? Btw., the first submission for an ELF-aware bootstrap predates John's ELFkit by at least one year, it is from the time where the `Lites' fever was going'round. Be assured, the bootstrap is the least of the problems if it comes to an ELF kernel. (This patch came from Bryan Ford , on 21 Apr 95 17:46:04 MDT. I can forward you the entire article if you want.) Now, there's also GRUB. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)