> > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Donn Miller wrote: > > > > > I've got the USER_LDT option in my kernel, and I'm running an `aout' > > > instead of `elf' kernel. > > > > I thought running a.out systems had been deprecated for -current and was no > > longer supported. Since you're running a bleeding-edge codebase anyway, why > > haven't you updated to an ELF kernel? > > Did that. I installed the kernel, updated the new bootblocks with disklabel > -B > /dev/rwd0s2a, echo /boot/loader > /boot.conf. Now, when I enter "-c" at the > "boot: " prompt, it boots with the new boot loader, and never goes into > UserConfig (it continues booting as if I never entered "-c" at the boot > prompt).
/boot.conf is completely ignored; it does nothing. You should have nothing in /boot.config or /boot.help (delete them both). Use the 'help' command in the loader, or read any of the dozens of posts I've made on this topic to date. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
