Subject: Re: ELF and Multiboot questions
To: Erik M. Theisen <etheisen@teclink.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/05/1995 23:47:16
On Tue, 05 Dec 1995 22:36:13 -0600 
 "Erik M. Theisen" <etheisen@teclink.net> wrote:

 > New boot proms? No that's not practical.  But maybe an intermidiary a.out boot
 > loader that loads an ELF kernel is.  Also, it is possible to embed an a.out stub
 > program in an ELF exe.

[ . . . ]

 > Only the ability to load and execute a.out stuff would have to remain. 
 > Everything else could exit stage left.

Uhhh ... then we couldn't build the "intermidiary a.out boot loader".

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