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Subject: Re: [PATCH] a.out support for multiboot and freebsd
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Bean wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The following patch support freebsd a.out and elf, now you can load
> the kernel directly.
>
> 1. Boot through loader:
>
> set root=(hd0,0,a)
> freebsd /boot/loader
>
> It should be able to deduce the root device from the root variable.

I still see currdev=disk0s1c but that should be s1a, not s1c.

>
> 2. Booting directly:
> freebsd (hd0,0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel

At this point I see 'broken magic at 0x6b30'.  I'm running FreeBSD
CURRENT, not stable.  Could that be the problem?