From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 09:23:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 816A416A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 09:23:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailout01.sul.t-online.com (mailout01.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC9A43D82 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 09:23:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd31.aul.t-online.de by mailout01.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1DYhFr-0001n8-06; Thu, 19 May 2005 11:23:47 +0200 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (SsYQ+TZVweGeXDHzrk2rjZR+VngY5XJDvMw+TOgVHUjZu4XqHXUuZp@[217.229.214.143]) by fwd31.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1DYhFq-1BuIzY0; Thu, 19 May 2005 11:23:46 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])j4J9Nj5A053877; Thu, 19 May 2005 11:23:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from 141.113.101.32 ([141.113.101.32]) by netchild.homeip.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 11:23:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20050519112345.pkuuiedxwswkkk40@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:23:45 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" References: <20050518051111.GA33262@Athena.infor.org> <20050518223616.3f515599@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <20050518223616.3f515599@dolphin.local.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-ID: SsYQ+TZVweGeXDHzrk2rjZR+VngY5XJDvMw+TOgVHUjZu4XqHXUuZp@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: acb0a106-8fbb-41cd-bf3f-a79268b61839 cc: "Li-Lun Wang \(Leland Wang\)" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newest loader from CVS not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:23:55 -0000 "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > Luckily, I was able to boot from a 5.2 CD-ROM (the latest I had lying > around here), went into "fixit" mode, renamed loader to loader.new and > loader.old to loader, and the system came back up normally on the next > boot. Just load loader.old at boot time. You just have to press a key early in the boot sequence (before it loads the kernel and the modules) and enter "/boot/loader.old". Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances. -- Emerson