From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 31 16:52:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA10462 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:52:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA10457 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:52:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA00619; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:49:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901010049.QAA00619@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" cc: "FreeBSD-Current" Subject: Re: ELF Kernel and /boot/loader In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:05:43 CST." <000001be34df$ccff7e40$0264a8c0@rover.mn.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:49:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > How do I get my ELF kernel to boot. I was able to install it OK, and I > told it to load "/boot/loader" at the prompt, but the kernel loaded and then > went into a panic when it couldn't mount the root partition. Can anybody > send me some simple instructions on how to boot the ELF kernel? You need to supply (many) more details. It's likely that you're booting from an IDE or SCSI disk that's not the first disk in your system, but you will need to detail your exact previous boot process to determine this. -- \\ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message