Subject: Re: NOTICE: i386 port switched to ELF binary format
To: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/05/1999 20:56:08
>Short upgrade procedure:
> * Get the snapshot.
> * Make sure that you have recent bootblocks, ones that will be
> able to load ELF binaries. To make sure of this, you can:
> - cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot
> - make && make install
> - /usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/biosboot.sym <your_root_part>
> (<your_root_part will probably be /dev/rwd0a or /dev/rsd0a)
Sorry for rather stupid question, but I believe this may ease
people's path.
When was the support for ELF binary imporated?
Is it correct that bootblocks from NetBSD 1.4 is recent enough?
itojun