Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:36:06 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> Cc: mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx (Eduardo Viruena Silva), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.3, DISKLESS, kernel format must be AOUT ? Message-ID: <19991123023606.941C51C6D@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> of "Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:15:46 %2B1030." <199911230145.MAA32216@gizmo.internode.com.au>
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Mark Newton wrote: > Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: > > > FreeBSD 3.3 uses ELF format and previous versions (2.x.y) use AOUT format. > > You should be able to build an a.out kernel by putting > > makeoptions KERNFORMAT=aout > > into your kernel config file. Also, the plan is that it should one day be possible (one day) to use /boot/ loader (which is an a.out image) and have it pull the kernel and modules down via tftp or minimal NFS or something. That of course requires real-mode network card drivers, or Intel's PXE (preboot execution environment) to catch on. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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