Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:07:04 -0500 From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Thank you (was Re: 3.0-Release /boot/loader for ELF kernel) Message-ID: <4.1.19990123180400.009ee250@firebat.wolfepub.com> In-Reply-To: <199901232231.AAA14600@ceia.nordier.com> References: <4.1.19990123153652.00a257b0@firebat.wolfepub.com>
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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
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