Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:07:55 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: usb@freebsd.org, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, wsk <wsk@gddsn.org.cn>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot panic on current(04.20) Message-ID: <200904221407.56424.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0904220037q69b6e594u1a1f9871c6166ade@mail.gmail.com> References: <49ED3E7D.8080606@gddsn.org.cn> <41877.147.83.40.213.1240324705.squirrel@webmail.entel.upc.edu> <790a9fff0904220037q69b6e594u1a1f9871c6166ade@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 22 April 2009 3:37:37 am Scot Hetzel wrote:
> On 4/21/09, Gustavo Perez Querol <gperez@entel.upc.edu> wrote:
> > I'm having the same problem with my laptop. It fails (if I remember
> > well) when checkig an <O2 Micro> device (probably my card reader, don't
> > know). When rebooting got to loader prompt, unload kernel and load
> > /boot/kernel.old/kernel. This arrises a few questions :
> >
> > 1.- How can I install a custom kernel under a different directory
> > under /boot. I did it, but I can't find how (google doesn't
> > help)I did it. I think there's a define when installing the
> > kernel.
>
> Add the following to your kernel's configuration file.
>
> makeoptions KODIR=/boot/${KERNEL}_debug
>
> This when you install the kernel, in will place the kernel into
> /boot/kernel_debug.
makeoptions KERNEL=foo
is a bit shorter, and then you can do 'boot foo' at the loader. I tend to
install test kernels into /boot/<branchname> using this.
--
John Baldwin
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