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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:54:09 -0500
From:      "Chen Xu" <xuchen66@gmail.com>
To:        "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: booting question
Message-ID:  <184b087c0701101154x4bf948e7k8f00d4f9e7e2a8d6@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070110184932.D5F4645053@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <200701101153.GAA11622@hera.homer.att.com> <20070110184932.D5F4645053@ptavv.es.net>

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> Don't unload. Assuming that you use loader, let the system proceed to
> the count-down and press any key except <ENTER>. Then enter the command:
> boot kernel.old
>
> If you want to boot with options, place them at the end. (E.g. "boot
> kernel.old -s"

that is very nice to know. I ran into the very same problem recently.
what I used to do was: at counting down, press SPACE bar, unload,
load /boot/kernel.old/kernel, boot. At least this order worked in the past.
Something must have changed at some point.

Chen



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