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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 11:45:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mike Heffner <aheffner@lakefield.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: loading a new kernel
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171144030.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BE9CA6.14F5A660.aheffner@lakefield.net>

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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Mike Heffner wrote:

> Just the other day i remade my GENERIC kernel, as it was still in 2.2 land 
> and wouldn't boot with 3.1. i also remade my custom kernel. now when i boot 
> up i get this:
> elf_loadexec:
> 	/kernel text=0x159eca
> 	archsw.readin failed

Reinstall your boot blocks.

cd /sys/boot
make all install

disklabel -B -b da0

> I've read other responses to this problem, but my kernel.GENERIC and 
> kernel.old also give the same error. can i reinstall a new kernel from the 
> boot disks, and how? or can i rebuild the boot loader to work with the new 
> kernel?

1.  Make the MFS floppy.
2.  Boot it.
3.  At the Boot: prompt type xx(0,a) where xx is your disk type (wd or
da).

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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