From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 06:43:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B2E71065673 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:43:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4758FC12 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:43:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe6 with SMTP id 6so908065wwe.31 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:43:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=TzJmVhHyQve6w+sI0F025BV4I2IlcyLWec17PegInYI=; b=O/nksq1NxNAMc0MFRHl6Px+pz5vJqKx0vBgtcnhtNJyInqw+OOd5LrnH6hXsGm+FGv ClhLS+qNklq0VxsrPsTTTu4LAbtLUDeagKGm6RwmzYvDQ082suKWNkh3/mtIIHyKq63O MEQE+Sf95uujmB6llZjivWF4aWgpxfOHnVc8k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.211.13 with SMTP id v13mr330921weo.98.1309329817527; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:43:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.46.7 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:43:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E09DC21.6070903@Haakh.de> References: <4E08558A.7000101@my.gd> <20110628052446.89911e0a.freebsd@edvax.de> <4E09DC21.6070903@Haakh.de> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:43:37 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: "Dr. A. Haakh" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fubar'ed it good this time... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:43:39 -0000 On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 06:50, Dr. A. Haakh wrote: > Polytropon schrieb: >> >> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:40:27 -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >>> >>> Your advice sounds reasonable, but that site seems devoted to zfs >>> bootables. >>> >>> I wonder if an 8.1 livefs iso will do the trick... >>> >> >> Check if you can download FreeSBIE somewhere. It's a live system >> using the 5.x and 6.x kernel which should be fine. Next to two >> GUI modes (light, heavy) it also has a versatile "maintenance mode" >> for such operations. I have already successfully used this system >> for solving similar situations, for diagnostics, and for data >> recovery preparation. >> >> > > The loader obviously knows how to deal with the filesystem because he loads > the failing new kernel. So the easiest solution would be to boot an older > kernel if available. I don't know how freebsd-update deals with older > kernels, > he should still be around. First guess is /boot/kernel.old/kernel. > So get the loader-prompt, "unload kernel" and try "load > /boot/kernel.old/kernel". > > Andreas That seems like a worthy thing to try. I'll do that tomorrow. Thanks, Kurt