Re: d-i kernel file format to ELF for xen
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:37:34PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 06:13:06AM +0200, John Smith wrote:
> > I'm trying to start d-i through a xen box, which complains that the
> > "Kernel image does not have an ELF header". When I run "file" against the netboot-
> > able image, it tells me it's a "x86 boot sector", which probably makes sense.
> >
> > How do I go about creating an, for xen, valid image in the ELF format?
> > I do have a svn copy of d-i but do not know how to go from there.
>
> I think you have to dive into
> debian-installer/packages/kernel/kernel-wedge
> in subversion of debian-installer
kernel-wedge does not munge the actual kernel image itself in any way.
It copies it from one place to another and that's it. If the kernel
image is invalid at the ELF level for the architecture, then
kernel-wedge will not help you.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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