From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 11 02:01:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA03004 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 02:01:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02988 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 02:01:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA01548; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 02:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808110901.CAA01548@implode.root.com> To: jock cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BAD MAGIC In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:40:05 PDT." <199808110340.UAA27276@implode.root.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 02:01:09 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>we are trying to load a circle mud to onto freebsd...and we keep getting >>a bad magic error...any ideas. I have tried gmake, and make. It give a >>libgc.a error message...If you write to root@surf.cybercity.com, I will >>catch it quicker...the user who is trying to load it is >>amud@surf.cybercity.com. I am trying to provide this free mud to the >>internet...the t1 was delayed since Bell Alantic is on strike....I will >>be visiting your page a lot. To which I said: > The "bad magic" is telling you that the system is trying to execute >something isn't a FreeBSD binary. Check the name and path... On second thought, the system wouldn't report that problem that way. When do you see this message? Is it possibly coming from fsck during system startup? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message