On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Reinier Jonker wrote:

> I've built a custom based on yesterday's -current sources. Unfortunatel,
> the booter does not accept this kernel as valid. This does not only
> happen with 2.0.1a1, but also with 2.0.0a10 and 2.0.0a7, always with
> "Failed to read kernel image header" (or something similar). That leads
> to the conclusion my kernel is probably faulty :-)
>
> What could be the cause of this? Building went fine (no errors).
>
> System: Quadra 840AV; 80MB; boot drive: HP SureStore 2000
> Mac OS environment: Mac OS 7.6.1
> Kernel configuration: more or less only what is needed for my system :-)
>
> My kernel from an ELFNT GENERIC binary set still boots.

Sounds like your toolchain is broken. Are you running all the binaries
from the snapshot? Are you able to build executables?

Another thing that goes wrong is that the Booter sometimes fails to grok
the subtleties of the file-system. How did you install the kernel?

Frederick