Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:44:45 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Scott Myron <zamy27@hsonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 ELF kernels Message-ID: <19981209134445.A44847@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <366D7A1D.6D4CCDCC@hsonline.net> References: <366D7A1D.6D4CCDCC@hsonline.net>
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Scott Myron wrote: > Hello. I just built an ELF kernel. Someone in #freebsd on efnet told me > i needed to put "/load kernel.elf > autoboot" > > in my kernel.config You need load kernel autoboot in /boot/boot.conf and ``/boot/loader'' in /kernel.config. > well anyway, that didn't work(or i did something wrong) but couldn't i > just put kernel.elf in / and call it kernel. so /kernel would be that > elf kernel. Will that work? and if it doesn't, why not? thanks. Just rename your current kernel to kernel.old, and put the new one in as just kernel. All should work when you've put the above things in the files stated. Make sure you've installed the boot loader, and always have a working kernel around in case things go wrong. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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