From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 11:38:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045E116A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:38:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp01.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807FA43D3F for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:38:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@jwebmedia.com) Received: from [192.168.1.107] (66.49.54.54.nw.nuvox.net [66.49.54.54]) i3NIbxnx001193; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:38:00 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:37:59 -0500 From: Joseph Koenig To: Joe Altman Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040423180617.GA12453@panix.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade gone bad, please help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:38:02 -0000 At this point, I have upgraded my src as it was out of date before I upgraded via sysinstall. The system is up and running, although far from stable. My question is, at this point, have I done enough damage to everything that using sysinstall to upgrade is out of the question, or can I reboot my old kernel and try the sysinstall since my src is now up to date? Thanks, Joe > You should be able to hit the space bar at the appropriate time, drop > to a prompt that consists of one word: > > ok > > then, type ? > > you'll see a list of options, among them unload...so type: > > unload kernel > > then type: > > load kernel.GENERIC > > and you should be able to complete a boot...OTOH, there are > (probably?) many ways to do what you will need to do. > > BTW: did you copy the list on your reply to me? Its' a really good > idea to do so, as it may be instructive for us all; and there may be a > better way to do what your needs dictate; and someone may offer it. > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:51:01AM -0500, Joseph Koenig wrote: >> They are both there actually. However, my question is, what do I need to do >> to boot from them? I was able to get the network working on the machine, and >> someone on the list recommended doing a CVSup of my source, then build >> world, then build new kernel, as my source is most likely out of date (In >> fact, I'm sure it was). Does that sound reasonable? Thanks