Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:51:12 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely5.cicely.de>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, alpha@freebsd.org, dcs@FreeBSD.ORGG Subject: Re: Loader badly broken on the alpha Message-ID: <20000916195112.A41783@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <200009161624.JAA19314@pike.osd.bsdi.com>; from jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com on Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 09:24:40AM -0700 References: <20000916112759.B427@freebie.demon.nl> <200009161624.JAA19314@pike.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 09:24:40AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 09:23:54AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 08:02:59PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, John Baldwin wrote: ... > > > With the kernel source from yesterday (World still from 13th) the kernel > > > now gets installed as /boot/kernel/kernel instead of kernel.ko and the > > > loader paniced similar because it was not able to load the kernel! > > > I thought that we might have a similar unavailable file reference now with > > > the 4th files. > > > > Great :-( I nuked my -current box yesterday with the same loader problems. > > I promised billf to test the tx driver but now I'm screwed it seems. > > > > Any good suggestions to fix this loader thing short of reinstalling 4.1 > > first? > > Boot teh 4.0 CD's. Use the live filesystem CD fixit option. Then do this: > > # mount /dist/dev/da0a /mnt > # cp /dist/boot/loader /mnt/boot/loader > # cd /mnt/boot > # /dist/bin/sed -e 's/^/set /' device.hints > hints > > Reboot. The 4.0 loader doesn't have 4th support, so it will ignore all > the 4th files. Break into a loader prompt, type 'include hints' to set > all your hints. Then 'boot /boot/mykernelname/kernel'. Thanks John. Now the only thing that I lack is the live fs CD as I pulled the #1 cd as an .iso off the net :-) Time to get a full distribution set.. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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