Subject: Re: recent netbsd-INSTALL.gz problem
To: Nigel Pearson <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/14/2002 20:34:15
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Nigel Pearson wrote:

> > One new question, is 1.5.3 elf also? It wouldn't work with the old
> > booter either.
>
> 	I suspect that the kernel you are trying to boot is either:
> 1) a tarred, or tarred & gzipped file,
> 2) improperly downloaded (e.g. not FTP'd in binary mode)
>
> 	As far as I remember, 1.5.3 was not ELF.

No it wasn't.

Another possible gotcha -- the Booter tracks the "Boot from Mac OS
file" file by "fsspec", so it still knows where the file is even if
you move it to a different folder. You need to either delete it
completely or else reselect to get a different file.

Frederick