From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 28 6:52:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from c2-5-dbn.dial-up.net (c2-5-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D790814C27 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 06:52:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by c2-5-dbn.dial-up.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) id PAA15372; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:49:59 +0200 (SAST) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199907281349.PAA15372@c2-5-dbn.dial-up.net> Subject: Re: /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/netboot problem during compile In-Reply-To: <379F089E.57DC7E59@mmc.net.ge> from Dima at "Jul 28, 1999 05:41:50 pm" To: dima@mmc.net.ge (Dima) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:49:54 +0200 (SAST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (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 Dima wrote: > I have a problem compiling of files needed for network boot on a FreeBSD > 3.2-Release. > as I understand I need this file (scrt0.o) because netboot makes *com > files only from a.out files, not from ELF. In sources I found where is > this file compiled - /usr/src/lib/csu. But it will only compile if I > manually set flag FREEBSD_AOUT. And even after this, compiling netboot > gives me: > ld: /usr/lib/scrt0.o: malformed input file (not rel or archive) > *** Error code 1 > > Please write me what I am doing wrong, and how can I get this *.com and > *.rom files neede for network boot????? This is legacy code which is being kept around until loader(8) supports equivalent functionality. For now, I suggest you use "etherboot" in the ports collection. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message