From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 11 11:37:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24999 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:37:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24994 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:37:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA17191; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:30:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpdD17173; Wed Nov 11 19:30:37 1998 Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:29:54 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Peter Wemm , Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it soup yet? :-) In-Reply-To: <9940.910772319@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG we can't replace the bootblocks.. the owners of these machines in every continent can't do that.. :-) we will probably be dropping in a 3rd stage loader made in a.out, called 'kernel' the new kernel will probably be called elfkernel or similar (ekernel?) julian On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > the ability to run on old bootblocks is how shall I say... > > "required". > > Well, you have and have always had just two options the minute we pull > the elf kernel switch: You switch customers to the 3-stage boot by > dropping a /boot.conf file into place which calls /boot/loader (which > you also install along with the 3.0 upgrade) or you relabel them so > they look just like freshly installed 3.0.x systems; it's your choice > whether you want to go for minimal impact or minimal difference. > > - Jordan > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message