From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 23 14:32:51 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25759 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:32:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-35-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25746 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:32:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id AAA14600; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:31:21 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199901232231.AAA14600@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: 3.0-Release /boot/loader for ELF kernel In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990123153652.00a257b0@firebat.wolfepub.com> from Matthew Hagerty at "Jan 23, 99 03:48:17 pm" To: matthew@wolfepub.com (Matthew Hagerty) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:31:19 +0200 (SAT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matthew Hagerty wrote: > Greetings, > > I was under the impression that 3.0-Release was an ELF system? I was just > compiling a custom kernel and received a message that said I should ensure > my /boot/loader can handle the ELF kernel. I cannot boot from the kernel I > compiled but I can boot from kernel.GENERIC, so should I do the ELF > /boot/loader upgrade on my 3.0-Release system? > > Thanks, > Matthew Yes, you should. The default 3.0R bootstrap was capable of handling only kernels in a.out format. For information about updating your boot blocks see http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt and there's information about a transition to ELF-format kernels at http://www.freebsd.org/~peter/elfday.html -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message