From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 23 15:06:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29463 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:06:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from net177138.hcv.com (net177138.hcv.com [209.153.177.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29456 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:06:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matthew@wolfepub.com) Received: from thunder ([10.0.0.12]) by net177138.hcv.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA07288; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:01:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew@wolfepub.com) Message-Id: <4.1.19990123180400.009ee250@firebat.wolfepub.com> X-Sender: matthew@firebat.wolfepub.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:07:04 -0500 To: Robert Nordier From: Matthew Hagerty Subject: Thank you (was Re: 3.0-Release /boot/loader for ELF kernel) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199901232231.AAA14600@ceia.nordier.com> References: <4.1.19990123153652.00a257b0@firebat.wolfepub.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thank you for the information, I am now securely running 3.0-Stable ELF with the new bootblocks. :) Thanks, Matthew At 12:31 AM 1/24/99 +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message