Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 13:41:36 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mshuyler@zoom.com (Mike R. Shuyler) Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: New CPU, old /kernel won't boot Message-ID: <199603220311.NAA15400@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960321221247.006bc3cc@zoom.com> from "Mike R. Shuyler" at Mar 21, 96 02:12:47 pm
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Mike R. Shuyler stands accused of saying: > 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. Why bother; boot the generic kernel on your disk. boot: kernel.GENERIC > Mike Shuyler -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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