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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:02:48 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Murray <mgd@brutus.converging.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to recovery an old kernel?
Message-ID:  <20001221180248.D19572@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001221185520.A46994@converging.net>; from mgd@brutus.converging.net on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:55:20PM -0700
References:  <20001221185520.A46994@converging.net>

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* Murray <mgd@brutus.converging.net> [001221 17:57] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do you boot a bad kernel so that you could do the above? I tried
> going into edit mode at the point where you can boot in 9 seconds...
> or press any other key. However, I cannot accomplish anything here.

unload kernel
load kernel.old

be careful not to load any modules, as it might cause weird stuff
to happen.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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