Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

[Bean]

On Jan 28, 2008 10:37 PM, walt <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 19:48 +0800, Bean wrote:
> > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:10:42AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How FreeBSD-specific is this?  Will the same module apply to 
> > > > > > > other a.out
> > > > > > > binaries ?  (I ask since you gave it a generic name)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > it's an old format of the unix system:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.out
> > > > >
> > > > > I know.. I was referring to your loader.
> > > >
> > > > it should be generic, but i only test it using the loader from freebsd.
> > >
> > > In that case, I'd suggest putting it directly in loader/ (without 
> > > i386/pc/).
> > >
> > > Moving files on CVS is a PITA :-/
> >
> > ok, here is the new patch...
>
> Good news and bad news.  With this patch and your most recent ufs patch
> I can aout /boot/loader or multiboot /netbsd from a UFS partition, that
> is the good news.
>
> The bad news is that when I type 'boot', /boot/loader prints out its one
> line of text to identify itself and then hangs forever.
>
> When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the
> machine reboots instantly instead of starting the OS.
>
> Any ideas?

is grub legacy ok ?

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Bean