From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Aug 8 6: 0:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp8.xs4all.nl (smtp8.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E72837B403; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:00:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp8.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00607; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:00:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f78D0GM04777; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:00:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:00:16 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: tlambert2@mindspring.com, John Baldwin , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problems creating 4.4-alpha test/release cdrom Message-ID: <20010808150016.A4739@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010807202824.C910@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200108080935.f789ZUZ01657@mass.dis.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200108080935.f789ZUZ01657@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 02:35:30AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 02:35:30AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > - the file header fails IS_ELF() > > > - the file header fails sanity checks > > It would be good if you could instrument the relevant parts of load_elf.c > and build a new cdloader, then re-master the CDROM. I am *guessing* that > there is garbage being read from the file. 8( Hmm. Any specifc routines you want watched? > > > > Starts to smell like mkisofs. > > Well, maybe. Except that you can read the CD well enough to get the > kernel off it. Very true. Up to the point I could read the kernel from the CD onto the HD and boot it there without problems. > Correct. I think that somewhere between the CDROM and the loader the > bits are getting mangled. The challenge now is to find out where; I hope > you have a stack of blanks. 8) he ;-) CDRW... -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message