Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:12:47 -0800 From: "Mike R. Shuyler" <mshuyler@zoom.com> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: New CPU, old /kernel won't boot Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960321221247.006bc3cc@zoom.com>
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I WAS running 2.1.0 on my 486DX2/50 just fine without any problems until I replaced my cpu with an Intel Pentium Overdrive CPU 83Mhz that was *given* to me. Now when I try to boot the system I get a PANIC unknown cpu type or similar message. I had built a custom kernel for the machine, and the cpu type was set for i486 in the kernel config, so I understand why I can't start the system. My question is this: Is there any way to build a new kernel after booting from the installation boot floppy? I have tried to mount the hard disk from the fixit floppy using 'mount /dev/sd0s2 /mnt' and I can access some of the filesystem on my freebsd partition, but not the /usr files. ls reports that the /usr directory exists but is completely empty. My choices as I see them are 1) Tear my system apart again down to the motherboard, change to the old cpu, change many jumpers, reinstall several cards, start FreeBSD, compile a new kernel, then reverse the cpu installation all over again, or 2) Reinstall FreeBSD from scratch via ftp. (I had no critical information stored on the FreeBSD partion, just hours of configuring) Are there any other options available to me? Both of the options I mentioned above will take several hours under the best of circumstances. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Mike Shuyler <mshuyler@zoom.com> Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO. ============================================================================ Mike R. Shuyler - San Francisco, CA - Finger me for my PGP 2.6.2 Public Key.
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