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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:37:21 EST, Tugrul wrote:

> 	None of the boot blocks understand what a elf kernel is afaik. [...]
> 	The booting tools in general need a major update for elf, I wish I
> knew how to help :/

You could help by not posting false information to the mailing lists. :)

The new bootloader knows about both ELF and AOUT kernels. Just have a
look at recent archives for this mailing list for verification.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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