Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:55:40 GMT From: Michael Ryan <mike@networx.ie> To: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Boot: /kernel gives "Invalid format!" Message-ID: <ECS9601252340B@networx.ie>
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Please don't stop reading this email because it sounds like I don't know how to build a new kernel. I've done this many times before on other machines with no problems. Now, please read on... This seems somewhat like a stupid question, but maybe someone can help me out. I am trying to build a new FreeBSD 2.0 kernel on a Gateway 2000 P5-120 tower. It has a WD 1GB drive as wd0, a Mitsumi 4x CD-ROM on a secondary IDE controller (which doesn't get recognised by the kernel) and a 1GB disk and 4x CD-ROM on an Adaptec 1542CP SCSI controller. The only changes I've made to the GENERIC config file are (a) Change the "ident" argument to the name of my host "ident GENERIC" to "ident SAURON". (b) Change the "driver ed1" IRQ to 9 and remove the "ioaddr xxxx" argument, as it's an NE2000 and doesn't have on-board RAM. The kernel build goes fine - no problems. I move the new kernel to the root and reboot. Then I get: Boot: /kernel Invalid format! I can boot from /kernel.old fine. Does anyone know why this kernel can't load. By the way, this is a fresh installation onto this disk and I've installed and rebuilt FreeBSD 2.0 on other machines with absolutely no problems. Is my machine sick? Thanks for any suggestions, Mike <mike@NetworX.ie> ---
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