From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 12:32:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D65BC106566B for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 12:32:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D03B8FC16 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 12:32:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 11227 invoked by uid 60001); 16 May 2009 12:32:36 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1242477156; bh=JkdPVOtViv3L2kzcUMKQUMHibPHTeCg4U2JKUmJo0bU=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=JXVwbLNTuB9EwCHb1SYKQIue57pupKunrljo9PXz1yl5EsJeCSAfiQf+m4I9fuVAG6KXYfPzHjcyI5P/fgx259BJYTQSzTtSStGqmv1rI5rdGaIVHl5qItg0jsgVc/ZvW0XzfNcyiVUhhvct3O/O/Wau+g3DeFLVQ7uBNcrguaI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Y1lHfu/XhFhEKMxD8dt9SinJrZLhig9iMkn0Y2tZIWtA6JpGxiATXOBMBVJVW67eUpFJEhChuTICyZF4JmzkjaK5SYcyTbfAlb9edEbPbm2QfHRZj20aZ2bjmLDJYizIaMWtXVquyP1GH/wcEP2fK9vahMLwIejhpq2F74/Eg6o=; Message-ID: <999978.10470.qm@web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: IFM94mEVM1lcAaj7EofmrYIT9Z0v9FqBkfOWVWaU40kY1Ge5vS.i8q.rZ3DLO48.QyNUd2e2Lo7Rt0TiO1PoyLkkdJrSAFe5Z.FYbiCrVWP3Z_g9t5nNOaMuTs9h.DCwBRiayeAUlQIjsNkvvdiIfK9nYv5R4.Sc0CjT2XCrSYs.M.fwPmVRItPyBrCrJ2RM6c_TyXNay4LjSsVhrg7Vt6GYW8QRfOyyTRdm7RQlvo_bUxnEGZdFf0zP01kmZH5tjZPQmwi8w_iPCHty1WYMErBIn_julPWT1aV_xgm0izRgcym2dbnVupI- Received: from [98.242.223.106] by web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 16 May 2009 05:32:34 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.2.20 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.10 Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:32:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba To: "Paul B. Mahol" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot new kernel build X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:32:37 -0000 --- On Sat, 5/16/09, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > From: Paul B. Mahol > Subject: Re: Can't boot new kernel build > To: "Barney Cordoba" > Cc: current@freebsd.org > Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:18 AM > On 5/16/09, Barney Cordoba > wrote: > > I've built a new kernel and done a make install, and > the system keeps > > # make installkernel KERNCONF=the_kernel > KODIR=/boot/here_is_the_kernel > > > booting an old kernel. It "says" its booting > /boot/kernel/kernel, but its > > clearly not. No matter what I do, including deleting > the old directory with > > the old kernel, it boots the old kernel. Clearly its > cached somewhere, but I > > have no idea what's going on. What can cause this > problem? > > Barney > > > -- > Paul > As it turns out, I have a 4 disk system, and the system was booting the kernel off of a secondary disk and mounting a different one. So the kernel I was installing on the mounted disk wasnt the one being booted. Barney