Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:00:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Petrou <dpetrou@kinclaith.pdl.cs.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] Specifying kernel from boot console Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118100038.1445G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711180334.TAA12003@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, David Petrou wrote: > Hi. I am doing some kernel hacking on a remote freebsd machine. This > machine has a serial console hooked up to another machine connected to > the net. I use the serial console to debug with DDB. This setup > works fine, but there are situations where my new kernel will crash > before it's finished booting. If I 'panic' or otherwise reboot the > machine from DDB, the same bad kernel will boot up. Is there a way to > specify the kernel to use when booting from the serial console as you > can with a boot option from the "real" console? man nextboot Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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