Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:05:22 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest kernel doesn't work on PPC? Message-ID: <p0621023dbe88e24b32be@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <4261D672.8070004@freebsd.org> References: <p0621023abe8747bcf825@[128.113.24.47]> <4261D672.8070004@freebsd.org>
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At 1:22 PM +1000 4/17/05, Peter Grehan wrote: > >>Is there any simple way for me to get back to the kernel which had >>been working for me? > > When booting the loader from the OpenFirmware prompt, give it a >partition which is either non-existent, doesn't have a kernel to >load, or isn't a UFS partition e.g. > >0 > boot hd:loader hd:0 > At this point, you can set currdev and manually load a kernel e.g. > >OK set currdev=hd:14 >OK load /boot/kernel/kernel.save This worked fine. Thanks! -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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