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Date:      Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:55:18 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 3.0 AOUT 
Message-ID:  <199810292355.PAA00936@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:50:01 EST." <4.1.19981029184825.00b115a0@genesis.ispace.com> 

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> Haven't migrated up to an ELF system yet because of some remarks about the
> boot loader...
> 
> How much damage am I going to get into by make buildworld/make aout-to-elf
> from 30 miles away?  I can make and install the world fine from here, I
> just wasn't sure of the logistics of me being locked out of my box..

Just migrating to ELF still leaves you with an a.out kernel.  No risk 
as long as you update /etc/rc at the same time.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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