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Date:      Sun, 03 Jan 1999 12:29:06 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Jt <hometeam@techpower.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Aout-to-elf Conversion 
Message-ID:  <199901032029.MAA07127@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 10:27:06 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901031023290.423-100000@techpower.net> 

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> Would converting a.out to elf at the same time you upgrade to 3.0
> need the boot blocks installed ? or would the system still
> boot up after upgrade ?

You need at least the loader in place before using an ELP kernel.

> Any faq on this or will there be ? I don't see much info on the boot
> blocks.

See Robert Nordier's posts, and www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt

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