Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:24:31 -0700 From: Jason Dictos <jason.dictos@tapeware.com> To: Jason Dictos <jason.dictos@tapeware.com>, 'Kevin Oberman' <oberman@es.net> Cc: "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Help with build world - Can't mount root after bootin from /k ernel Message-ID: <E50A109EE98AA049BAA09D725DB0714F01118A32@yt-internet.tapeware.com>
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I find that if right after the "F1" prompt I press enter then ctrl-c fast, I get send to this boot prompt: Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: If at this prompt I then type /boot/kernel/kernel The system appears to start loading a kernel, then crashes silently in the background hanging the computer... Time to use the second boot cd i guess. -Jason -----Original Message----- From: Jason Dictos Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:21 PM To: 'Kevin Oberman'; Jason Dictos Cc: 'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org' Well, when I try that I get: ok unload ok /boot /boot/kernel/kernel /boot not foud Ideas? -Jason -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Oberman [mailto:oberman@es.net] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:21 AM To: Jason Dictos Cc: 'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org' > From: Jason Dictos <jason.dictos@tapeware.com> > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:05:18 -0700 > > Oh Boy, woops, so doing a get from stable is actual a downgrade if > you're running 5.1?? Guess you missed the section on release naming. At this time V5 is still not stable. So stable is now V4.9RC. It's hoped that 5.3 will be ready to call stable. If you are running V5.1 and want to update, the only place to go is CURRENT (or "." in your supfile). You should be able to recover the old 5.1 system by entering a space (or any character other than <Enter>) after hitting F1. This will drop you into the loader prompt and you should still be able to load /boot/kernel, your old V5.1 kernel. ok unload ok /boot /boot/kernel/kernel If you have done an installworld on the new system (and you should not have if you were carefully following the instructions in the handbook), things should be back to "normal" after a cvsup to current (or 5.1), "make buildworld" and "make kernel". -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________
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