From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 11 14:18:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10017 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:18:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silverback.gorilla.net (silverback.gorilla.net [208.128.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10010 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:18:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@gorilla.net) Received: from peeper.TOJ.org [208.143.84.133] by silverback.gorilla.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.07) id ABE82700E0; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:12:56 CDT Received: (from tom@localhost) by peeper.TOJ.org (8.9.1/8.8.8) id QAA02418 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:18:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tom) Message-ID: <19981111161736.A2411@TOJ.org> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:17:36 -0600 From: Tom Jackson To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it soup yet? :-) References: <9940.910772319@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 09:02:11AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 09:02:11AM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > Trouble is, with old bootblocks, that "drop boot.conf" trick doesn't > work, it just hangs. To get the elf kernel booted, you have to update > the bootblocks, *then* they can use both. Julian's request is dead as > it stands, you can't do that. To get the elf kernel, you need newer > bootblocks, which is why I suggested detecting the old ones, and maybe > refusing to install an elf kernel. > Question to you Chuck. Does issuing '/boot/loader' at the boot: prompt work and have you tried boot.config (!boot.conf) with the /boot/loader in it? -- Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message