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Date:      Thu, 07 Jan 1999 18:22:09 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new boot and OLD kernel 
Message-ID:  <199901080222.SAA02823@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Jan 1999 21:20:27 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901072118180.7271-100000@picnic.mat.net> 

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> I'm moving another system, aout to elf.  I have been syncing the
> userland move with the kernel move ... but if I put in the new boot
> blocks, can I still use the old aout kernel (at least for one more
> boot), or is it elf only with the new bootblocks? 
> 
> I know I have to be careful about the userland stuff (and the userland
> linking issues), this is just about the new bootblocks ability to handle
> the aout kernel.  Does it still work?

As has been stated slightly fewer than one million times 8), the new 
bootblocks will boot a.out kernels just fine.

-- 
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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