From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 24 00:33:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C683316A4DF for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:33:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB8843D4C for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:33:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7O0X215063321; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:33:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060823192910.02580608@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:32:50 -0500 To: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison), gregb@scls.lib.wi.us From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <10608240022.AA16583@pluto.rain.com> References: <10608240022.AA16583@pluto.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new 6.1 install will not boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:33:50 -0000 You pretty much followed what I had wrote before that when I had a similar problem, I booted the install disk, but exited sysinstall to a shell prompt. I then mounted the root partition, then manually copied over the kernel from the install CD to the root partition. That does copy over the GENERIC kernel which usually works but you may want to customize. Once I rebooted the system I cvsup'd, made and installed the world and a custom kernel. Remaking world will likely fix the problems you are having. -Derek At 07:22 PM 8/23/2006, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > > After a CD boot, is there a reasonably simple way to have > > > sysinstall reinstall just the kernel -- or the package > > > containing it -- without starting completely over? > > > > Yeah, see what Derek wrote. Never done that, myself, or even > > heard of the kernel not getting installed. > >What Derek wrote? I haven't gotten that. > >What I did (for the archives): > Make note of root partition. One way to find it is (at > the OK prompt after the boot failure) "more /etc/fstab" > Boot CD > Get into Fixit mode > Mount root partition on /mnt > mkdir /mnt/boot/kernel > cp /dist/boot/kernel/kernel /mnt/boot/kernel > >Granted that's the install kernel, which may not be all that >great for general use, but it works well enough to get back to the >X-config trouble I was having before the disk died (which is likely >to become a new thread here -- xorgcfg is producing a blizzard of >unresolved symbol messages when trying to load drivers; the mouse >doesn't work; the keypad-based mouse emulator works after a fashion >but I can't figure how to tell it "ok, done"; ...). >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.