Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:31:02 +0100 From: Mark Cullen <mark.r.cullen@gmail.com> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Sudheer Gupta <sudheer.gupta@gmail.com> Subject: Re: booting original kernel Message-ID: <4349A836.8010808@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4349A5AD.4070903@ywave.com> References: <HIEOJNPOIAMPHIFLGEECCEFPCCAA.siriphan@maipai.plus.com> <4349A5AD.4070903@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote: > Siriphan Brigder wrote: > >> This page from the handbook will hopefully help you: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-troub >> >> le.html >> >> Good luck! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Sudheer Gupta >> Sent: 09 October 2005 22:51 >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: booting original kernel >> >> >> Hi >> >> I am using 4.1 BSD. >> Made few changes to the kernel and compiled it. When trying to reboot >> using >> the modified kernel, it throwed some page faults. >> So, i booted using the older config namely kernel.old. >> I again made few changes and recompiled the kernel with a new config. >> Now, trying to boot the kernel, it neither boots with the latest nor the >> older one. >> >> How do I boot with original configuration ?? >> >> Regards >> Sudheer > > > From the sounds of it, when you compiled your second kernel your > kernel.old (the original generic kernel) was overwritten by your broken > kernel leaving you with two broken kernels and no working kernels to > boot from. If that's what happened you either need to reinstall FreeBSD > or boot the install/rescue cd and try to copy the generic kernel from it. > > That handbook page has a lot of good information, but most of it is > preventative. The best suggestion is to always keep a working copy of > the kernel seperate from the kernel.old that FreeBSD makes for you. > > HTH > Micah > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Isn't there also /kernel.GENERIC that gets installed?
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