From owner-cvs-all Wed Aug 22 1:41:56 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from peter3.wemm.org (c1315225-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.14.150.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C571137B406; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:41:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.wemm.org [10.0.0.3]) by peter3.wemm.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f7M8fkM78071; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:41:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79E3638FD; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:41:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: rnordier@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile In-Reply-To: <200108220824.f7M8O3M09802@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:41:46 -0700 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20010822084146.79E3638FD@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG rnordier@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > peter 2001/08/21 22:29:25 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile > > Log: > > Generate an ELF /boot/loader instead of fake a.out. The fake a.out wrapp er > > did not work with old a.out-only bootblocks anyway. :-( > > I don't mind about the change, but your statement that the a.out > wrapper did not work is less than accurate (as well as being less > than fair). Yes, it was uncalled for. Sorry about that. > As confirmation of that, I've just booted a 4.3R system here using > bootblocks taken straight off a FreeBSD 2.0 (January 1995) CD. > > This was all gone into in some detail on the mailing lists several > years ago, when I related tests involving a whole range of 2.x > bootblocks, all of which were able to load the (then 3.x) /boot/loader. > > At the time, no-one could come up with bootblocks which didn't > work. Whether you've subsequently managed to do so or not, this > stuff basically worked, and it's annoying to have contrary assertions > embedded in the cvs logs now. I have a disk image of a set that are unhappy. I will dig them up tomorrow. When you enter /boot/loader at the boot prompt, it says: "Invalid kernel". If I cannot produce a set, I'll retract it in the commit logs. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message