From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 17:10:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3107E106564A for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 17:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.59.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB45B8FC20 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 17:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.36]) by qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id cceC1e0040mv7h05DhATNL; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:10:27 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([98.248.46.159]) by omta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id chAR1e0073S48mS3XhASZN; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:10:27 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 26C4D9B425; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:10:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:10:24 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: GNUbie Message-ID: <20100701171024.GA562@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100701160622.GA98823@icarus.home.lan> <4C2CC0B2.4030100@exonetric.com> <4C2CC405.5000300@exonetric.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: maurovale@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, mark@exonetric.com Subject: Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD 8.0-p3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:10:28 -0000 On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:51:33AM +0800, GNUbie wrote: > Hello Mark, > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Mark Blackman wrote: > > > > sorry, i'd have to dig out the 8.0 installer to give you precise > > instructions. > > > > The general idea is to boot from the kernel on the CD, then at > > the main menu there is a "fixit" option which should get you to > > repair mode. From there you should get a shell which uses binaries > > on the CD to permit you mount the existing filesystems and use > > the old kernel installation at least. > > > > I didn't pay close attention to the beginning of the thread, but > > I believe you have had  some kernel working on this machine at > > some point. > > Ok then. I will try it here. I will update you for whatever will be the result. Mark's referring to the following choice in the FreeBSD installer (otherwise known as sysinstall(8)): Fixit Repair mode with CDROM/DVD/floppy or start shell Be aware that you'll need the "livefs" CD/DVD to use this. The "Shell" choice won't give you all the necessary utilities you might need. Otherwise, you'll need to use the FreeBSD "memstick" image (written to a USB pen/flash drive (not hard disk). Said image is bootable. You can use the memstick image for both a FreeBSD install *and* fixit; quite nice! -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |